After struggling with stones, worksharp, granite slabs, glass plates, sticky sand paper, leather, angle jigs and a grinder (with more jigs), I made a somewhat impulsive move and ordered a Tormek T-7 with the hand tool kit. My rationale - I have spent the price of a Tormek to date and and am not happy or getting the results I want. I know, I know I could devote more time and training to this, but I just want sharp tools. I have tried hard, I get okay results, but I want much better results with less time (I have limited shop time as it is).
It will probably be here Wednesday and I find myself thinking, "What in God's name did you do? For that much money you could buy almost every Lie Nielsen bench and mortise chisel there is!" or "If you put it in Apple stock it would be worth $20,000 in 2025!" and so on.
Those of you with a Tormek and like it, did you experience similar guilt and remorse? If so, did it disappear the moment your freshly sharpened bench chisels took (with great ease) gossamer shavings from purple heart end grain?