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i am no metal work expert but my understanding is when you harden the steel in a chisel you make it pretty hard to bend, and much more...

He didn't say that, let's use the quote tag properly shall we? Which of course is correct This is called thinking on your feet...

Yes, anytime you're doing a book-matched pair. Just another reason I don't use this method

With "match planing" there is no reference to work off of, only the sole of the plane and that's not enough to insure acceptable results...

I'll probably hate myself for this but, Jacob is right. Match-planning, as you're defining it, does not guarantee perfect results...

Exactly. Post # 22 on Finewoodworking.com from 2008 describes the pitfalls

It’s a topic that has been done to death on here and other forums. Using a jig is neither right or wrong. If you find it useful to...

I've sharpened things using a similar method as shown in the vidoe, it does work for awkward sharpening tasks. I did not however, make a...