High Quality Chisels

[jmbfestool]

Well I have just lost another one of my marple chisels!  This is the second one and it was my main one! 

Sooooooo..... I need to replace them!  Now instead of replacing them with the same ones I have decided to go for some nice set of chisels!

Me and Deansocial have been discussing this last couple days a lot!  MAN! I didnt know their was so many different types of chisels!  Different types of steels,alloys, handles etc

Well these are the Chisels I have been looking at!  BUT like I said me and Dean have been researching and discovering advantages and disadvantages with different types of steel!

These ones are my fav but the price is a little alarming!

Seems a nice set and better priced!

These MHG have cought my eye!

Also Two Cherries look nice!

We have read about these HSS chisels which is a new material to be used in chisels and can get a nice sharp edge but also take a beating.

JMB

 

[Deansocial]

i thing to consider is sharpening. how easy they are to get a good edge and how easy they are to grind back if chipped without overheating them

 

[Deansocial]

http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=312_313_363_366

 

[Steve R]

My chisels are made of metal.... [eek] how effective can a chisel made of maple.... is that maple sirup.... never mind...it is still the holiday here...and fun is fun...

Cheers,
Steve

 

[jmbfestool]

http://www.1066tools.co.uk/tools/Robert_Sorby_Hexagonal_Handled_Chisel_Set.html

 

[mouppe]

I use the Ashley Iles chisels and am somewhat happy with them. They are good quality, but I have found that on the smaller chisels I reshaped the handles considerably as they were far too handle-heavy and too long. I also gave them an octagonal profile as they are easier to control than a round handle.

I did find that although they are easy to sharpen, the smaller chisels hold an edge better at a 30 or 35 degree angle than the 25 degree angle they come with, so I re-ground them.

Would I get them again? Probably not. But since I have them, I am ok with them.

 

[jmbfestool]

I use the Ashley Iles chisels and am so-so happy with them. They are good quality, but I have found that on the smaller chisels I reshaped the handles considerably as they were far too handle-heavy and too long. I also gave them an octagonal profile as they are easier to control than a round handle.

I did find that although they are easy to sharpen, the smaller chisels hold an edge better at a 30 or 35 degree angle than the 25 degree angle they come with, so I re-ground them.

Would I get them again? Probably not. But since I have them, I am ok with them.

I looked at them they are on the same site as the link above.    I want something a little bit more special.

http://www.1066tools.co.uk/tools/Woodworking_Chisel_Boxsets.html

 

[Deansocial]

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ice-bear-japanese-oire-nomi-special-alloy-chisel-set-prod19680/#bottomsection

i like these

 

[jmbfestool]

http://www.axminster.co.uk/ice-bear-japanese-oire-nomi-special-alloy-chisel-set-prod19680/#bottomsection

i like these

I do....... DAM IT!  I just done like the sizes I would like a set like 6, 10, 12, 18, 25, and 32mm

 

[jmbfestool]

I might go for them Ice bear oir Nomi Special alloy....

Should I?    I do want a 12 and 18mm chisel!  Could just get them in the slightly softer versions????  
http://www.axminster.co.uk/ice-bear-japanese-chu-usu-nomi-chisels-prod21854/

Dont want different chisels though!   I Could compare the two then I suppose see if they are worth this extra special price ???

I dont know.... ummmm

Think Brett Think!

 

[jmbfestool]

http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=312_313_363_366

I like how they claim you can chisel  Aluminium cus they are that hard!

 

[jmbfestool]

These sound sexy!  You can use and abuse these apparently!

http://www.toolsfromjapan.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=312_313_363_364&products_id=481

 

[fatroman]

How about some Harold and Saxon chisels from Australia?

 

[jmbfestool]

How about some Harold and Saxon chisels from Australia?

DAM YOU!    I was so close to buying them Japanese Ice bear specials from axminster!  BUT now just been looking at your link!   

I like the Contractors Chisel  handles made of alli!  They are more my kinda chisels cus I am a site carpenter!  ummmm and they are HSS!  ummm what to do what to do!  Where can I get these how much are they in £ in the UK

http://www.haroldandsaxon.com/product-range/

 

[jmbfestool]

found a link on FOG!  I some how missed this!

http://festoolownersgroup.com/hand-tools/harold-saxon-6-piece-contractor-chisel's/

 

[jmbfestool]

justinmcf  You have these contractor chisels what do you think of them?

Cheers JMB

 

[Vindingo]

Lie Nielsen makes a good chisel that isn't outrageously expensive. 

If you keep loosing your chisels, why go out and spend so much dough on them? 

 

[jmbfestool]

Lie Nielsen makes a good chisel that isn't outrageously expensive.  

If you keep loosing your chisels, why go out and spend so much dough on them?  

I looked at them seem nice!  

Cus thats what I do?!?!? I like buying nice stuff lol

I have had my chisels for about 6 years now! Its just that I have been little bit unlucky and lost two recently.   Mainly because I dont care about them really I suppose.  The new ones ill look after a lot more and im going to give them a nice home!  My current ones just get dumped in my bag with all my tools with no protection.  Same thing happend with my old block plane I never cared about that one and it just got thrown about but My lie-nielsen I look after that always gets put back in its pouch and hung up in my tool bag to keep it safe.  If im not happy with a tool I just loose respect for it I suppose and so if it gets broken or lost I dont really care.

JMB

 

[Oldwood]

I think you will find some of the very hard chisels are good for paring but not for mallet work. I have one set that is not so hard as to be brittle for mallet work & another set that is very hard & hold an edge well for paring. If I use the paring set for mallet work they chip on the edge.

I have never had a set of the Japanese folded steel chisels so they could be the exception to the rule.

If the price of the your first choice is just a LITTLE alarming the economy must be on the upswing over there  [eek]

Gerry

 

[mouppe]

I use the Ashley Iles chisels and am so-so happy with them. They are good quality, but I have found that on the smaller chisels I reshaped the handles considerably as they were far too handle-heavy and too long. I also gave them an octagonal profile as they are easier to control than a round handle.

I did find that although they are easy to sharpen, the smaller chisels hold an edge better at a 30 or 35 degree angle than the 25 degree angle they come with, so I re-ground them.

Would I get them again? Probably not. But since I have them, I am ok with them.

I looked at them they are on the same site as the link above.    I want something a little bit more special.

http://www.1066tools.co.uk/tools/Woodworking_Chisel_Boxsets.html

I would definitely get A2 steel chisels over O1 steel if I was to buy more chisels. Thanks to your link, I have just discovered that my chisels are O1. Grrrrr. No wonder they can't hold an edge.

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