Thanks. I haven't finished reading that yet, but I will. I confess I'd 
be hard-pressed to give up the methods I've adopted, namely those 
developed by our own Brent Beach ( now sadly deceased).

Most regrettably, his service provider (Telus ) discontinued providing 
web site functionality to their customers. I have down-loaded copies of 
some of his pages to my own PC, but I am not in a position to support 
them myself. In any case, what I have is quite incomplete and of course, 
I don't own the rights to it. Basically, Brent methodically researched 
and developed a highly effective system of multiple micro-bevels which 
is inexpensive to implement, and very time-efficient, yielding 
consistent results using 3M micro-abrasives on glass. Scary Sharp taken 
to the next level. His calculators and jig designs are invaluable, IMO. 
I take some pleasure in having encouraged him to investigate & create a 
calculator for micro-bevel angles of tapered plane irons.

Happily, I find that Brent's pages have been given new life here:

https://brentbeach.ca/Sharpen/index.html

Kudos to whoever decided to do that!

It's a rabbit hole, but well worth the journey!

Don



On 2021-06-13 11:31 a.m., stephen rosenthal wrote:
> http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-
bin/readarticle.pl?dir=newarticles&file=articles_958.shtml
> <http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-
bin/readarticle.pl?dir=newarticles&file=articles_958.shtml>
>
>
> As noted in Weaver’s exhaustive study, be sure to check out Winston 
> Chang’s website and video.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Unicorn method?
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On 2021-06-13 10:08 a.m., Stephen Rosenthal wrote:
>>> Scott,
>>>
>>> I’ve got a few of the exact same chisels - Stanley No. 60s - as well 
>>> as some plastic handled Buck Bros. No. 100s, complete with paint 
>>> specks and protected by much less elegant blue tape and Plasti-Dip. 
>>> They were my dad’s, so they’re more than 60 years old. I can bang 
>>> the hell out of them (as I’m sure my dad did) and they keep coming 
>>> back for more. Since discovering and utilizing the Unicorn method of 
>>> sharpening, they perform every bit as good as my set of LN chisels. 
>>> So much for all the gobbledygook about modern steels.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 7:52 AM, scottg  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A chisel of limited gloriousity.
>>>>   This chisel slept in bags and boxes for many years. It traveled 
>>>> in trucks and cars.
>>>> It went up on roofs and down into basements and to the bottom of 
>>>> bridges. It pared drawers and eased entry doors, hacked 
>>>> construction joints, made big lap joints or whatever else was asked.
>>>>   It was treated with marginal respect
>>>> But she came though every single time anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Another personal road warrior. Still ready for service should the 
>>>> occasion arise
>>>>
>>>>
http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/stanleychisel.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I recall spending maybe an hour making the sheath (no pattern to 
>>>> follow, I was making it up).
>>>>  Time well spent
>>>>  yours scott
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> *******************************
>>>>   Scott Grandstaff
>>>>   Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
>>>>   scottg@s...
>>>>   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
>>>>   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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