April 18, 201412 yr Let's see them.. The one you enjoy the most. Here's mine, she was made in U.S.A. back about 160 years ago. I use her for just about everything, in the workshop and out on the timber.
April 18, 201412 yr Great discussion Mark! I'll jump out to my shop this weekend and snap a shot of my favorite. Mark, can you explain the "V" shaped end of your chisel?
April 18, 201412 yr Author The large, heavy, dual bevel chisels are very rare now but they are ode to men who used to have very little.You can use that to knock out major amounts of wood and you can have two edges, which can be used interdependently or can be used together for things like barn mortises. I'm surprised these don't still get made because with this chisel I'm like Merlin.
April 18, 201412 yr Lets see, I MIGHT have a few These are the "Biggems", the smaller guys were working at the time.
April 18, 201412 yr Author Those are beauties, I'll take the 3rd from the left and the 2nd from the right.
April 18, 201412 yr As for the REAL Biggem Maybe not as wide, but It will make a 7/8" corner....Slick is 1-3/8" wide ( Van Camp) the corner chisel is a PEXTO brand of PW& S ( I think that is the letters stamped into it) raely use the corner one, and the wide guy is just for long tenons. Breaking in a 3/4, and a 1" one to take it's place. These two MAY go up for sale...
April 18, 201412 yr Author Very nice. I've also got a heavy corner chisel, but mine is much more lovely.I'd post a shot of it but I already bragged too much here.
April 21, 201412 yr Shoot still need to get mine up here!!!! Dang it! I'll get a shot after work today sorry!
April 26, 201412 yr My older chisels were found things. I had a couple of stanleys and some odd ball hand less thing with a mushroomed tang Never cared for 'em but they worked. Used nothing but them for decades. Then I started collecting the Lie Nielsen A2 Cryo treated socket chisels and I gotta say I really like them
October 1, 20169 yr On 4/21/2014 at 4:32 AM, John Morris said: Shoot still need to get mine up here!!!! Dang it! I'll get a shot after work today sorry! This is embarrassing, 2 and half years ago, and I still don't have a shot of my favorite chisels!
October 1, 20169 yr my favorites would be my Williams chisels.. (no pic) least would be the Marples and a couple of chinese junker I have for your use... other wise...
October 1, 20169 yr Just sharpened up the main bench chisels the other day.. Set from Aldi's last year. $6.99 + tax. Seems every Father's Day, Adli's sells this set. Have to act fast, they sell out in a day. And the mortise chisels. This is about all I use nowadays....
October 1, 20169 yr If using the 24 or more rule, I may be a collector. I like finding them with names and made in the USA at the flea markets and such. These are some of my favorites. I made the Purple Heart handles for four of them.
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