Norex Chisels
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26 January 2015 at 10:13 pm #123930
Nice deal. I see a 6-piece set of Narex on Highland Woodworking for $70. Wonder why the difference?
27 January 2015 at 6:41 am #123936Narex do a bog standard chisel as well as a cabinetmaker chisel. That may be the difference.
The cabinetmaker chisel have much finer bevels on the sides and are very nice for dovetails.I was able to get out in the shop a little yesterday. Sharpened my Norex chisles and tried one of them on a peice of scrap. Cut one mortace and the edge chipped off really bad within the first few cuts. I’m a little disapointed in the quality but I guess it is true that sometimes you get what you apy for…. I’ll just have to remember not to use them for mortases…
1 February 2015 at 3:32 am #124174Sandy I think you’ll find they get better after a few sharpening. They put the initial bevel on with a belt sander, and I think it ruins the temper for the first little bit of the chisel. Once you get past that part and into the good stuff they are much better. I don’t have the patience to get to it by honing, so I ground a 16th or so off, dipping in water as I went.
1 February 2015 at 11:19 am #124184It is a known thing about Narex chisels that some the very first bit may not of taken to hardening process properly just hone back a little further.
After that excellent edge retention.
Around 6:30 mins little explanation1 February 2015 at 12:20 pm #124187I have a set of Narex chisels and found the quality to be very good. You need to lap the backs of the chisels before honing them. I have found that they don’t do well with micro-bevels though. So all of my chisels are honed to 30 degrees with no micro-bevel then leather stropped. After each use I strop them before putting them back in the chisel rack so they are ready to use the next day. I don’t use them for bench chisels. (have a cheap set of marples for that) They are used solely for dovetails and mortise & tenon work.
Thank you Charles, I did find that after I honed the chips out of the one chisel it was much better. I imagine that as you have said, in the initial sharpening shaping of these at the factory the chisels were over heated and removed the temper making the very tip very brittle. Maybe I will have a better opinion of them after using them for a while.
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