ALDI chisel set Paul reviewed sometime ago
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At long last! Lidl York here in Blighty still had some chisels in. Thanks MumblesMalc for the heads up. £7.99 ($10.50) a set of four so I bought two sets. They look OK, pretty robust but the proof of the pudding as they say; so once I’ve flattened the backs and brought them up to scalpel sharpness I’ll see just how good they are.
My pleasure. At the weekend, I flattened the back and sides of the large chisel, and then ran the edge over some abrasive paper, before sharpening on my stones and then stropping. It came up a treat and I was shaving the hairs off the back of my hand. As an experiment, I flattened the back of a second chisel, and then just stropped it. To my surprize it came up as sharp as the one done on the stones. There’s no doubt that blades are excellent quality for the price.
As for the protective coating, I wiped it down with some meths on a rag and with a bit of elbow grease it comes off. I also discovered that you can scrape it off with a sharp edge, and that meths and fine wire wool works very well too.
Hi everybody,
Some time ago I came across this article on popularwoodworking.com in which the author identified ALDI/LIDL chisels as being produced/imported by a company named Meister:
So, since LIDL chisels where not available, I searched online and found this Meister chisels set on Amazon:
They looked really similar to ALDI/LIDL chisels and, although significantly more expensive, available everytime.
Yesterday LIDL chisels were available so I stopped and bought a set. I can confirm that they are the same chisels I bought on Amazon.