SV: Sharpening question

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> What is the best way to maintain a keen edge on carving tools such as the
> gouges, etc.?  Back when I was a chef, I never let my knifes get dull.
> Everyday I would fine tune them with a few strokes on a hard stone so they
> were like a hot knife through warm butter.
>
> Carving chisels are a different thought altogether with the polishing and
> mirror finish needed to glide through the wood, not to mention the many
> different shapes.  Would a minute or two on a power strop be what is
needed
> to maintain a keen edge?  Or,  is a stone then polishing required each
time?
>
> I just purchased a small sheet of leather and some compound to try out the
> old method of stropping without power, which seems that it would be good
on
> the straight chisels but a pain for the rest.  Any thoughts would be
greatly
> appreciated on this subject.

Earlier I used an electic wetstone for setting up, and an arkansasstone for
polishing.
I had arkansasstones of different shapes for the different insides of the
irons.

Nowadays I use differently shaped diamond hones in stead of wetstone, and I
still have
found nothing to beat the arkansas for polishing.

Bjarte