Reply by Kindlingmaker

Yup, all of the above. Shop-construction chisels are good for many things but cabinet grade chisels you will find to do what you need and expect them to do. The leaning process that you discribed is what I also did and found that the learning curve on the cheaper ones was well called for and then when the good ones were bought I was ready to do a scary sharp of them the first time.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings