I had read some very good things about Mr Holtey's A2 steel. But it seems I am just
a little bit too late :lol:
Ali
Wow. You were evidently in an archive. If Karl did still make blades, they'd be S53. He gave up A2 a VERY long time ago,.
Here's Brent Beach testing a S53 blade, back in 2002.
http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpe ... ytest.html
BugBear
Quite a negative review of the Holtey blade. Pretty sure that Brent Beach sharpens his plane blades with sandpaper. I think that is the reason why the result was not good. The S53 should be sharpened with diamond I guess.
Ali32