Chisel Recommendations?
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Hi all
Will be needing a new set of chisels soon, hopefully a set of 6 for somewhere around £50 though I can go slightly over.
I don’t particularly like the look of the Narex 8101/8105 chisel sets which are I believe the best chisels in the price range. I do like the look of the 8116 Cabinetmakers chisels but they are quite thin which I think may make them not very good all rounders for chopping mortises and such?
I’m looking for something with a nice handle shape, brass ferrules and good steel. Not sure why I care about the look so much, for some reason I just do lol
Are you sure they are thinner than the 8105? They look very similar to my 8105’s, which have proved robust enough. The edge thickness is reduced near the handle, but the thickness through the bulk if the bladelooks similar.
Geoff
- This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by gdailey2.
Thanks for the help guys. Actually, I’ve taken a slightly different route and decided to to restore some old vintage chisels. Now just to find a good set on eBay 🙂 most of them seem to be firmer chisels which is strange as I thought the bevel edged would have been the most common. Apparently not it seems.
No the firmers were the regular all rounders and thus more common and the bevel edged were more expensive (extra manufacturing operations) – thus didn’t sell as well and are less common on the secondhand market. Try to avoid sets – usually cheaper to get single chisels and build a range of chisels that way.
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