Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
Had a chance last night to watch that vid. I had no clue there was so much involved. Looks like i will need to get a couple more tools soon. It was a helpful vid! I may have to watch it again and take notes.
Yes, there does seem to be quite a learning curve. I have spent hours just watching videos on how to use the skew chisel, including this one with Alan Lacer, who does some truly amazing fine detail work with that huge radiused skew (if you can sit through the endless banter as he bores all those old farts in the demo lol):
I'm so taken with the possibilities and versatility of this amazing tool that I'm thinking about ordering his (very expensive) handmade one from his website.

And then there's sharpening. You know how we make fun of knife guys who think they can hone a straight just because they can sharpen a knife? I feel like one of those knife guys as I'm learning to sharpen these tools with various wheels and diamond cards. I am finding that, with these super-hard M4 HSS steels, a few strokes with the diamonds and some fine dressing with a finger-sized soft ark stone I had laying around leave an edge that will shave bbs on my leg hair, especially if I strop a few strokes on a charged leather bench strop. Maneuvering around the curves on the gouges is another trick-sheesh! Oh, well, I always say I love to learn new things...