No, no, no, Chip. Not the POWER sharpening system. The manual one or honing guide. That would be major overkill, not to mention not in my budget. :-)

And I am having fun. Just wish I weren't on such a tight deadline. Too much pressure. (Wedding present for a June 15th wedding) But I'm comfortable with getting as much done as we can and throwing it on the car to show them with a promise to finish it up asap. Of course we're taking a 3 week vacation immediately after the wedding so asap is a relative term.

: Yow! Patsy, that sharpening system is $500! You could do everthing you need
: with a few water stones, a honing guide (aka roller) and Silicon Carbide
: paper. I have two (Norton) combination stones that give me 8000, 4000,
: 1000 and 500 grits. My blades will shave the hair off my forearm. I
: recently added a hand cranked felt buffing wheel to the kit (thanks
: Roy)... Simple, straightforward and low tech.

: The main thing is to have fun Patsy. Keep us posted on how it's going.