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Freud Chisels ?

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Freud Chisels ?

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Freud Chisels ?

richard jones

>I have a big set of older Freud chisels, a present from my wife perhaps 25 years ago. Since Freud apparently doesn't make chisels anymore and info on these is sketchy at best, was just curious if anyone else has these and what they think of them. They seem to sharpen well (altho' I may be wasting my 0.5 micron chromium oxide on them), cut well and feel reasonably good in my hand.

I am in the process of replacing the steel ferrules with some brass and cast copper, a very slight reshape of the handle, cleaning, etc.

Thanks.

rich in va

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Patrick Gibbons, Houston, TX

>Aren't those Italian made? They were available just a few years ago. I remember seeing some on the internet somewhere for sale. No personal experience but my first assumption is that they are made of good steel.

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Bill Tindall, E.TN

>I sharpened one for someone during our sharpening demo at a recent local show. I thought the metal was softer than typical for a high quality chisel. At least it ground more easily. Sharpen them at 25-30 degree bevel and see how they hold up when pareing. If the edge doesn't bend then they are fine.

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#4

I had a set for 15 years

Bruce, a MN Galoot

>but I sold them. They were fine for paring, but they wouldn't hold up to whacking. I replaced them with a set of Hirsch chisels, at Bill T's recommendation. They were softer than the Hirsch.

Bruce

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Re: I had a set for 15 years

Richard Jones

>Bruce,

I would agree with that, whacking on some haunched mortises on some cherry seemed to bend up the edge just a bit.

Re-handling my great-grandfather's 1/2" PS&W, I'll see how that does.

Thanks.

Rich

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Michael Wilkins

>Have had a set of 6 for over 15 years. Good set of chisels, but like someone mentioned, they must have some soft steel. Broke a chip out of the 1" chisel several years ago, while cutting mortises in some antique heart pine lumber. Took a while to grind down to a straight edge, but overall some good chisels.

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Phil Smith

>The chisel Bill sharpened was my old Freud chisel that is about 25 yr old. They are fairly soft. Grind easy and you can sharpen on any of the available stones or sand paper.

One of the reasons I made chisels with Bill a couple of years ago was to get something much better than these. I moved from them to CPM 3V. It's like moving from a Dodge Colt to Porsche 911. Both will get a person from point A to B, but the speed and experience along the way are vastly different.

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I don't have any, do I have envy?

Stephen Shepherd in the State of Deseret

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