Worked 8 years with a dull chisel before a guy at a shop in Boise showed me the right angle

I was fighting every cut, grinding more metal than I needed to, and couldn't figure out why my edges kept chipping. He took one look at my setup and said 'you're grinding it like a knife, not a chisel' and showed me a 25 degree single bevel. Has anyone else had a 'duh' moment on a basic tool that made you feel like an idiot in hindsight?

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miles_sanchez24d ago

Man that chisel thing hit close to home. Same deal with me and sharpening stones spent years using them dry before someone told me to keep them wet and it changed everything. Felt like I'd been working blind the whole time and nobody thought to mention it.

dylan_bell24d ago

Learned that lesson the hard way with hand planes thought sharp was sharp until I actually learned sharp.