woodworking chisels

[demographic]

Ha,site carpenter here.
Claw hammer. Next question?

 

[onocoffee]

Earlier in the thread, I mentioned that Deneb from Lie-Nielsen showed me that resin-impregnated mallet that felt really nice in the hand. I figured it was in their catalog but haven't seen it anywhere on their website and messages on Instagram have been left unanswered. But, I happened to be looking at Blue Spruce's website and I think that might be the one Deneb showed me. It looks exactly like the one I handled. And they've got a Halloween Frankenstein special that I think looks pretty dope. Dope enough that I might order one.

But I'm planning on visiting Lie-Nielsen next week, so I'll confirm it then.

Limited-Edition Frankenstein’s Round Mallet | Blue Spruce Toolworks

Celebrate Halloween with a limited-edition version of our award-winning Round Mallet. Featuring a Lignum Vitae handle and a dyed figured maple mallet head.

bluesprucetoolworks.com

 

[luvmytoolz]

Very nice looking mallet that Blue Spruce one!

 

[PaulMarcel]

Hammers for chisels seems a personal preference.
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Note that the ideal mallet handle needs to be shaped and not a stick. This is a heavy mortising mallet - brass infill and double-grip handle (can be closed up) ...



Regards from Perth

Derek

I just need to say that this mallet is gorgeous. Nice work as always!

I've had the Blue Spruce round mallet for a long time. I love it for chisel work, but I'm also not the guy to ask for opinions on chisel work It can have glancing blows so I did pick up a regular flat-faced mallet from Blue Spruce. I still grab the round one, for whatever reason.

I'll add that I've used the round mallet a lot for chisels, assembly, "this needs convincing", etc and there are no marks on it at all. David's resin process definitely works well.

As for chisels, I really like the Veritas PMV-11 chisels. As pretty as the Blue Spruce chisels are, the PMV-11 holds up much longer and for nearly the same resharpening effort