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I thought they were very nice chisels but far too heavy for me.
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Kev said:
Never have never will, i would have a bushy beard if it wasnt for the missus
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Just got a set of these. Am so impressed with them. they are to replace my knackered marples set I bought 23 years ago!
http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/3253561167935%20STA116793%201-16-793%20Sweetheart%20Socket%20Chisel%20Set%20of%208
FFX gave me the best price too.....
Use this mallet with them http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Mallets.html (The top ones green head! fantastic)
http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/3253561167935%20STA116793%201-16-793%20Sweetheart%20Socket%20Chisel%20Set%20of%208
FFX gave me the best price too.....
Use this mallet with them http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalog/Mallets.html (The top ones green head! fantastic)
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Wooden Lungs said:
Ordering one of those Mallets see wa its like getting 30oz
not sure if I should get the 12oz also?!?!
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Just a question some one might know the answer or tell me I'm talking crap .
I have had my harold & Saxon for a bit now! On the first day I had them out on site it was dead hot and the sun was shining directly on the leather pouch. [crying] when I came to get my chisels out they where wet, they had started to rust slightly and looked like they had water marks on them when I wiped the water off [mad]
So I thought okay maybe the leather is new and it's just sweating moisture.
Now the other day it happend again! BUT I store 3 of my marble chisels with them now in the pouch and they where not wet when I took them out of the pouch all 3 where dry But all 6 harold and Saxon ones where wet.
Now my question do certain types of metal cause sweating of the leather or something? Cus can't make sense of it.
Really angry cus takes ages to clean the chisels so they look nice and shiny and new again.
Jmb
I have had my harold & Saxon for a bit now! On the first day I had them out on site it was dead hot and the sun was shining directly on the leather pouch. [crying] when I came to get my chisels out they where wet, they had started to rust slightly and looked like they had water marks on them when I wiped the water off [mad]
So I thought okay maybe the leather is new and it's just sweating moisture.
Now the other day it happend again! BUT I store 3 of my marble chisels with them now in the pouch and they where not wet when I took them out of the pouch all 3 where dry But all 6 harold and Saxon ones where wet.
Now my question do certain types of metal cause sweating of the leather or something? Cus can't make sense of it.
Really angry cus takes ages to clean the chisels so they look nice and shiny and new again.
Jmb
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Can of lynx on them maybe
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Deansocial said:
Yeah prevention would be da solution but wa I am saying is why are they getting water sitting ontop of them in the pouch. And the marple ones didn't?
Also if it was a commen problem people wouldn't use leather pouches would they? Cus I mean they have a puddle of water sittin on them when I get them out.
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Mattywhit said:
Wont be that as the backs of the marples wont be laquered
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Mattywhit said:
What Dean said backs won't be.
The chisels sit in the pouch back up and that's where the water sits.
If it happens again I'll take a picture
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Well I left my chisels in the sun 2 day for few hours! Unfortunately they must of dried out or something because when I pulled them out the pouch they where dry but the water has done the damage as you can see in the picture both chisels in the picture have rust on them.
It wasnt dead hot to day I suppose like the other days I left them in the sun maybe thats they maybe weren't still wet and the rust if a lot less than the other times it happened. Again my marples ones where fine nothing on them.
This was only a few hours in the sun any way . I cant believe this wouldnt be more common especially seen as they are made in a country which has ALOT of sun!
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It wasnt dead hot to day I suppose like the other days I left them in the sun maybe thats they maybe weren't still wet and the rust if a lot less than the other times it happened. Again my marples ones where fine nothing on them.
This was only a few hours in the sun any way . I cant believe this wouldnt be more common especially seen as they are made in a country which has ALOT of sun!
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This may be a weird suggestion, but please bare with me. The metal is not porous or anything special, it it your climate and the leather that is absorbing moisture and then it is condensing on the metal. Your chisels are more valuable than the leather. Try saturating just one of your chisel slots with the camellia oil. Then see if that one reacts differently than the others. If the leather is saturated with oil it will not be able to absorb the moisture.
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Peter Halle said:
I know what your saying and I'll try that thank you. But why are my Marples not getting damp/wet? In the same leather pouch? That's what I'm not understanding.
It don't mater just curious really. Thought some might know.
To be fair it won't be keeping them in the Leather pouch for ever because I wanna make something like a foam insert and have them in a sortainer just gotta get of my arse and do it.
