Quote Originally Posted by SharpMan View Post
I sharpen my plane blades with a 800,3000 and 8000
Naniwa Sstones.

Recently I bought some HSS plane blades. I have a lot
of difficulty getting these blades sharp with my stones.

I can get a wire edge with the 800 stone, but not with the
3000 stone. Maybe I need to sharpen longer on this stone,but
it's just too time consuming.

I think my Naniwa stones are just too soft. The chosera stones
are much harder I read and suited for tough steels. Unfortunately
they are really expensive as well.

I read the Sigma power 1000 and Bester 1200 are good and affordable
stones for HSS steel. Also Shapton glass is very good(unfortunately very
thin as well).

Maybe the 8000 stone is ok, but the 3000 SS is just not a good intermediate
stone for HSS steel?

Anybody know some affordable stones that will help me sharpen
HSS steel?

Perhaps I will be selling my SS stones. I like them very much for
01 and A2 steel,but not for HSS steel.

Thank you in advance.
That's just how tuff hss is. The only sure bet is diamond. On his website SO says sigmas are good for any steel; but I dont think he was considering hss.