[Cherryville Chuck]

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/247...MIhoWm3c6a1QIVg2x-Ch3WFQjMEAYYBSABEgJ_5vD_BwE

https://www.amazon.ca/Atoplee-Diamo...&qid=1500648470&sr=8-7&keywords=diamond+hones

I really recommend that you get some diamond hones Jim. Much faster than sandpaper and lasts for years. The ones in the second link are way too coarse for final finishing but there are sets like it that had a green hone included and it is 600 grit which will get you close to scary sharp. These are what I have been using for years and my idea of a sharp chisel is being able to shave the hair off the back of my arm. My final step is with a felt wheel loaded up with green honing compound (8000 grit) and I have some 2500 grit carbide paper for honing the bottoms. That step really males a difference in final sharpness. I have a grinder with an 8" felt wheel but I also have a 3" one that chucks in a drill or drill press that works with a little practice. I got it from Lee Valley but I'm not sure if they still carry it.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

I did the back and then the bevel on a grit and then proceeded to the next grit and did the back and bevel there, etc, or do you recommend doing the back on all grits and then the bevels on all grits?

I used to stop on the backs at 600. Big difference when I went to 2500. At 2500 it starts to look polished. I've seen guides that say 90 grit. I wouldn't agree with that anymore. Very few chisels come flat and I think that is what the 90 was meant to do.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

Sure did. My wife was wondering what I was spending so much time doing in my basement workshop. She was skeptical when she saw the bald spots on my arm and wanted to know who came up with that idea. I told her it came from one of the Router Forum experts.

Prove it to her by shaving some off her arm.>