I don't have my pro edge - yet but will have once Brian has kindly collected it for me, so I haven't used one though I did see a demo a while ago and was suitably impressed.
Brian is right in pointing out that for hundreds of years, craftsmen have successfully hand sharpened their tools and an oilstone was one of the first things I learned to use in my early teens, however I really don't want to spend valuable time sharpening tools (which I hate doing), when I could be producing all the items I want to make on my never ending list of to dos so I'm hoping the pro edge will give me some of that that time back.
I have a grinder which is fine but a PITA and to easy to remove too much steel for my liking, I have waterstones, diamond stones, oilstones etc, great for my bench and carving chisels but not what I'm looking for when turning. I also own a Tormek T7 which I love as it gives an amazing edge but it's soooo slow! When I dig out the Tormek it's usually 1/2 a day full sharpening session.
Waiting with baited breath to see Brians' sharpening creation when it's finished though and I freely admit to being a sucker for gadgets and tools:wink:
