They look like they might be nice and as with a replaceable carbide cutter chisel there would be no sharping. That's a big plus if you don't own a grinder. So does anyone have any thought on these chisels?
Using carbide as a crutch to cover inadequate sharpening skills is a very poor excuse. The 'no sharping' mentality is quite wrong for a good number of reasons. I also fail to understand why this myth keeps having life in it knowing good and well the blades are not 100% sharp when you get them. If you think your carbide inserts are indeed 'sharp' then carve with it like you can with a sharp chisel, try to shave with it, both hair and paper. Take notebook paper and shave the paper with the insert. If the paper rips then it's dull. Point I am trying to get across is carbide inserts are actually DULL when you get them, they are rough cut on the angle so you can sharpen them to your angle.
Also 'grinders' are very low down on the quality scale when it comes to sharpening.
Dang, lighten up there. There are those who like what they do in turning, but are unsure of their skills in some areas. Carbide inserts came from the metal working side of life, and yes, they are 'dull'. Metal does not like the same sharp as wood does.
Same thoughts go for drilling. In the past I drilled blanks with a $3 drill press vice. I have a good eye for aligning blanks. Since I started building vises, there are those who ask what is the need for an expensive tool for that? Eagle was my favorite guy to talk to about that.
Back to sharpening, I am very anal about what I do and used to get uptight about the proper way to sharpen my tools. Read something on Richard Raffan one day, he said he just kept a plain old bench grinder near and went to it as need be. No fancy trick or nothing. Since then I have never worried about 'proper' edge. To each his own in the hobby world! My bench grinder is equivalent to the cheapest HF one, had it for years and still works fine.