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Re: Buck Brothers Chisels

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>Hello Jerry,

I have a couple old Buck Bros chisels and they have fine hard steel and are good workers. I also have a couple more recent plastic handled Buck Brothers butt chisels which are decidedly poor. We also have the plastic handled LV's and a set of Marples in the family. The LV's are very good indeed. The Marples are very good work chisels also. I don't know if the Buck Bros offering is as good as the other chisels you have already. They are cheap enough. If you can return them if unsatisfactory, why not try them out?

George

Re: Buck Brothers Chisels

Ron in Kokomo

>I am very biased. Buy the old Bucks on ebay Chas Buck is the best option. I have about 30 of them and would not part with them. They hone razor sharp and will retain an edge... particlarly idf regularly stropped when paring.

Ron

Re: Buck Brothers Chisels

Bob Hackett

>I would second the notion that Charles Buck`s chisels are a tad better than the older Buck Brothers types.

My preferences run from Charles Buck as a favorite to James Swan as a close second followed by Whitherby.

I find most of the laminated chisels to be superior to what`s available today(note:I haven`t tried any of the new LN chisels yet).Even the lesser known laminated chisels like Vaughn&Pardoe or Merrill put out a product that will have you throwing those newer Buck Bros at the cat(even if they do still say "cast steel" as a marketing ploy).

My advise,save your money for the flea markets and learn to love that mis-matched group of old gents you wind up with.You`ll be far happier.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Buck Brothers Chisels

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Oh, Bob. They're good for other things, real woodworking things, especially risky operations where you don't want to do damage to a favorite, really good, and either expensive or rare, chisel. Sometimes, you need to dig out a knot, or disassemble a joint that might have a nail hidden in it, or open a can of paint (or cat food), or scrape off some paint or glue, or lend them to your brother-in-law. A good B-team of chisels is invaluable in the well-equipped shop. Keep the ones with the brightly colored plastic handles in plain view at all times, and keep the Witherbys or the L-Ns or the hand forged Japanese out of sight.

Darn good advise William

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

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Bravo Sir William

Dave Anderson Chester, NH

>I have a set of good chisels for my use only, a set of Marples Blue chips for general use and the occasional job which requires work that borders on mild abuse, and a set I characterize as my "carpentry" chisels for use in pressure treated lumber and serious other forms of abuse. Somewhere in between are my various specialty chisels and a bunch of others which don't make up sets. As for opening paint cans, using the butt as a hammere, and other flagrant forms of abuse, I avoid it by not loaning them out or partaking in those forms of recreation.

Re: Bravo Sir William

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Ah, yes! The joys of recreational chisel abuse! :^)

You forgot one

Bob Hackett

>Practicing you knife throwing by sticking them(and making holes when you miss)in the sheetrock of the garage.

You`ll have to ask my son which chisels are best for this.Thankfully he didn`t use the ones with the "fancy handles".

The up side is that he now knows how to patch drywall,I`m sure that skill will come in handy in the future,like when he starts his own family.

Mainely,Bob-Who wonders how my parents put up with me and my 3 brothers all those years.

PS-I also have a full set of "neighbor tools".The chisels are all garage sale plastic handle models,sharp but cheap.