Need chisel recommendation

Re: L-Ns, Now In Individual Servings

Todd Stock

>Sure...you can always sell it for your cost plus shipping on Ebay (got to wonder...)

How about: Unreservedly?

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Re: L-Ns, Unequivocally - Not

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>No I didn't say that. Nor to I mean that. Just trying to quantify the choices. In my business tools must perform and be tough and forgiving. Not sure if Japanese chisels will meet my subjective requirements.JR

Re: L-Ns, Unequivocally - Not

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Hmmm, do you think you have any part to play in learning how to use a tool so that it is tough and forgiving? Kind of a zen thing.

Pam

Re: L-Ns, Unequivocally - Not

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>Perhaps I should have been more clear, I was refering to the tools I need to do my job with. I am an automobile technician. The requirement for that level of tool reliability comes from the need to have the tool available and useful to make a living.

I have found once you have that standard you cannot set it aside even for tools used in recreation.JR

Re: L-Ns, Unequivocally - Not

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Well, sure; but even in work related activities there are some desirable tools that are so expensive that few can buy them. In recreation, we may still have the goal of buying the best, but that goal's not always achievable. My way around this is to buy the best tools I can afford and skimp on the extras that are very expensive. When there's a chisel type/size that I need to do a job, I buy it, but generally don't buy the 5 other tools that comprise a set. For example, right now I'd love to purchase Sketchup, it's gorgeous, I love it; but it's $500 that I think will be better spent on chisels, planes, benches, wood and/or the workshop itself.

As to Japanese chisels specifically, they are so exquisite that the experience is more like breaking in an expensive car (I know, you're not supposed to have to do that anymore), and just as rewarding. My cars last for years and years and drive like my cars, not someone else's. Since I prefer the old tool I know to the new tool I need to research and buy, this approach allows me to spend more time using the old tool.

Pam