I define "professional" as someone who is paid to swing an axe. All the jobs I mentioned are paid to swing an axe. All the workers in the 109 million acre wilderness areas use the axe and crosscut saw as their primary tools.
It is also fine to choose to use power tools to sharpen axes, if you know what you are doing. What is not fine is your statement " those that can, do. Those that can't burn their tools and tell others its bad"
One more thing, there is no such thing as "axe bits were dull for safety"
What some consider sharp, others consider dull, I can think of countless occasions were people told me something was Razor sharp and it was dull as a cold chisel.
No one size fits all for geometries some tools need what I consider dull.
Nothing wrong with my previous statement either.
Let me break it down for you,
No one needs anyone's approval to do something.
I find people blanket their experience as everyones experience so if they can't do something no one can.
Meanwhile others are getting along just fine.
There is a lot of hysteria and BS about how bad power equipment is for tools when it's mostly promoted by people that don't know how to use power equipment.
I'm not saying I go out of my way to only use power equipment. I like files and stones just like the rest of you guys.
But if you have the tools and the skills then there is no reason to promote power equipment as a "bogeyman"
Just get it done.
Everything can be so" black and white"on the forums
All or nothing
Power equipment is an option, not an enemy.