Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
new Blue Spruce dovetail chisels
They arrived a few days ago. Shipped last Friday and arrived Tuesday. They look gorgeous! But the look doesn't have that much to do with how they will perform, I imagine. They came covered with a coating of protective clear plastic, which I haven't even removed yet. (As when I got my new Veritas block plane, I'm afraid to use these chisels.) But I'll get over it! I suppose my first project ought to be a box with dovetails to house them. Wish me luck!
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Enjoy them, Eliot.
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Eliot.....I was literally within a couple of hours (minutes) of contacting you and offering you my LV chisels for purchase as I was feeling so very sorry for you that you had to wait so long.....and then, you announced that you had cancelled your order and had placed a new order with Blue Spruce. Oh well.....
You might want to also get a fishtail chisel from Blue Spruce as I did after listening to Derek......he talks me into a lot of purchases......
as always, your compassionate friend......
Photos are needed, otherwise you making this up!
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Roger, are those the original handles? There’s a bit of curl in a couple of them and they have a nice warm patina to them, too!
We need more enablers…uh I mean compassionate people…like you in our lives haha.
Kevin
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"Wish me luck!" Practice will lead to functional dovetails, with luck having nothing to do with success.
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Kevin......those are original handles......I agree, there just isn't enough compassion in the world.......
Beat them up Eliot!
Pristine and expensive bears an aura of "Don't Touch, just admire." But reality sets in. I used to think razor-sharp honing would break the impasse. It's the first step in assessing the useful function of a tool. I have a set of ore nomi so hard to sharpen and brittle they weren't worth using. So, beat up those little prima donna's. It's what they were made for. Glad to know you resolved the possession issue.
Re: Beat them up Eliot!
I talked with Dave Jeske at the first Handworks show in Amana and he demonstrated just how hard that chisel could be whacked. He bear the daylights out of it with his infused mallet, and neither chisel nor mallet showed any signs of damage or dents. The chisel was still holding a very fine edge, no chipping or edge folding. They’re meant to be used.
Re: Photos are needed, otherwise you making this up!
Here's a photo. They're real!
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beautiful handles.......prettier than LV.....
report on ergonomics
The handles are unconventional shape. How do they perform? They taper the wrong direction for thrusting cuts.....it would seem and they could feel top heavy, or not. But, the proof will be actually using them for various tasks.
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There is a strong similarity between the Blue Spruce and Veritas handles. Below are three 1” chisels: Koyamaichi, Blue Spruce and Verital (O1).
Bill, I suspect that your identification of the BS as having “unconventional shape” is due to the angle of the photo. I find them very comfortable.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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And they tell me these handles are"torrified" (some word like that), which I understand that all the moisture is removed somehow before they are turned. Seems like over kill to me, but I presume that the chisel will have a better "hit"-- to use a pool room word.
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I've been torrified a few times myself......
