Sharpening With Steel Honing Plates & Diamond Paste

A comparison of steel lapping plates & diamond paste to sharpening with water stones and some tips for getting the most out of the former. Some pertinent notes from the video: The honing plates are from Veritas Tools and is about $28US as of the making of this video. The paste I use is from Amazon and is 40, 14, and .5 micron and about $7 per tube as of the making of this video. I use the Veritas MkII honing guides with the flat roller paired with the narrow blade head, and the cambered roller paired with the wide blade head, most of the time. I sharpen all of my bench chisels and standard plane blades at 30 degrees. All of my paring chisels are at 25 degrees.