Though I have been sharpening tools for the last three plus years (plane blades, chisels, etc), I am new to carving tools (I'm using Pfeil).
Having meandered over to Woodcraft this weekend to pick up some Pfeil carving tools, I was fortunate enough to bump into another carver. He told me that he only stoops--never hones. This struck me as odd--as I thought that "sometime or other" one would have to hone to rejuvenate the edge.
1) Do people generally avoid putting an inside bevel on their gouges
2) Do you find that you just stroop without honing, or do you usually hone and stroop?
In the next couple of months as I experiment with carving, I'll answer my own questions by "doing it." Just wanted to get others opinions/observations.