It's been an interesting week. I've got both some carbide turning tools,and I've tweaked my sharpening setup to get razor sharp skews, and I've watched some skew videos.
I'm at the point where I can see all points of view.
The carbide tools turn like a dream. Sharp, and from what I hear they stay sharp for quite a while.
I've also gotten the correct jigs and have setup my grizzly tormek clone to the point where I can literally shave hairs off my arm with the skew. And I can repeat the sharpening of the skew very quickly.
And I've gotten to where the skew does not scare me anymore, and I can get great cuts with it.
I'm planning on making a few posts later detailing my learning, but I have to say, the only thing they all seem to have in common is if it's sharp, it works much better.
I was working my way through a few pen kits and it was a fun learning experience going from what I used to think was sharp, to what really was. Big world of difference.