Gift for #3 Son-??Lee Valley Chisels

Rob Lee - are your chisels made by Hirsch??

Andrewf in Australia

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Tim of San Leandro

>bench/firmer chisels? Get the set of Hirsch that LV sells. Excellent chisels for the money...imo.

Re: Rob Lee - are your chisels made by Hirsch??

Rob Lee

>Andrew -

We do carry Hirsch chisels (wood handle, stag logo).

The plastic handled chisels (yellow/black handles) are made in Japan. These are harder steel than most chisels of their type - and would be best used with a steeper bevel than (+5 degrees) you'd use on a Marples or similar...we've been very happy with them.

As usual - if they don't fit what you're looking for - we'd be glad to take 'em back...

Cheers -

Rob

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Robert Tutsky

>I have a set of the Hirsh chisels and like them alot.

Rob

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John Meikrantz

>I have a set of the LV bevel edge chisels, and I like them a lot. They are very sturdy, and the blades hold an edge extremely well (certainly MUCH better than my Marples).

I also liked the way the edges are ground, with the bevel not close to the face. Found this works quite well when chopping out a mortise. Not so good for dovetail or detail work, but I haven't done a lot of that with these yet.

John

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Alan Hamilton

>John,

Do you really use a bench chisel to chop mortises?

How?

Alan

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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>I've done this in a class when my mortising chisel broke. In fact, the school (Homestead) always uses regular blue Marples for mortises.

Pam

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David Hay @ Denver

>I bought a set of the Lee Valley chisels a few years ago and have been quite happy with them. Of course, they'd work better if I sharpened them a little more often ;)

David

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John Meikrantz

>Yep. Just pound them with a mallet! The blades seem a bit more stout than some other bevel edge bench chisels, and with the way the sides are ground (bevel not ground very close to face) it makes it easier to "register" the chisel with the wall of the mortise, or keep the sides square.

John

I don't know, but will you adopt me?

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I don't take much care at all, but always like nice birthday presents!

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John, NY

>If he can't sharpen them himself he doesn't deserve them... send them to me instead!