Sorby with Orange handles?

Re: Sorby with Orange handles?

Edward

>Yes, the orange handles were the standard handle before Sorbey changed to the clear Ash handle. BUT; during the "orange handle" times, Sorbey made both carbon steel and high speed steel tools. The high speed tools were marked "HSS" on the tool, in very small letters, and with a paper label on the handle. Both steels made good tools, you just want to know which one you are buying.

Re: Sorby with Orange handles?

Joel Hunnicutt

>When I forst started turning, My wife got a set of unused orange handled sorbys very inexpensively and gave them to me for christmas. I absolutely love the skews and the old long and strong gouge, but you will need to sharpen all the time. I think the skews take a much finer edge than my HSS taylor but it doesn't last very long. I think $75 might be a bit much, if you can haggle them down, you will have some fine tools.

Re: Sorby with Orange handles?

Wally Dickerman at Green Valley, Az.

>Jay, even if they're carbon steel tools and you can get them for maybe 50 bucks, I'd go for it. Thos old tools are great to have around. I have most of a set of Greenlee carbon steel tools than I bought maybe 40 years ago. When I need some special little scraper They're great to reshape and use, and they'll take a very good edge.

Wally

Re: Sorby with Orange handles?

Jerry Whitaker

>Jay, Never pay what a Pawn Shop is requesting. I recently ran across 20 Craftsman HSS tools at a Pawn Shop. Only 5 of them had wood dust on them and none of them had ever been put on a grinding wheel. They were priced at $69.00 for all of them. I, not being shy, offered the $40 for them but they told me that the lowest they could go was $50 out-the-door with tax included. So, I am sure you have guessed by now that they are in my shop. Really love the 3 roughing gouges the most. Anyway the cheapest ones will cost you $19.95 and the most expensive about $39.95 so you can see that I got over $400 worth. Pawn shops have codes on their pricing tags that instantly tell them how much money they have in it and how long they have had the merchandise. If you can study those codes and figure them out, as I have done in some of my local pawn shops, you can get a better idea as to how much to offer them. Also, never ask them how low they will go....just flat out make them an offer below the maximum you would like to pay and more than likely, they will make a counter offer at or near the price you would like to pay. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Wally and others

Jay Sullivan in So. AZ

>Thanks for the good advice. My brother actually wants these for himself -- the nerve! I will pass this along.

Wally, I brought back some decent hard maple burl from Wisconsin. Have some to trade if you are interested! -Jay