Sharp Lie-Nielsen chisels

[Gary Benson]

Has anyone else softened the edges and the front of their Lie-Nielsen socket chisels. Mine are so sharp, I frequently get cuts without any contact with the working end. My rabbeting block plane from them is similar. If you were to dull the edges, what would you use?

Thanks,

Gary (band-aids at the day job and all)

[Tony Zaffuto]

Same thing you sharpen them with!

T.Z.

[mike holden]

Yes,
also my blue spruce.
Took a diamond hone and broke the edges down to within an inch of the tip, figure if I live long enough to wear away an inch, I can take the time to resharpen the edge.
Mike

[Dave Anderson NH]

I chose to keep the arrises sharp. Instead, I wear a glove on my guiding hand and the pushing hand stays bare.

[Mike Henderson]

I just rubbed some very fine sandpaper on the arrises. It doesn't take much to ease the edge enough that it doesn't cut you.

Mike

[Gary Benson]

Thanks for the tips, I'll try some sandpaper, 320? or even finer? I even learned a new vocabulary word.

Gary