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2nd November 2012, 08:17 AM #16Novice
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i seem to really struggle between kirschen and narex.
so heres my decision:
i will buy a kirschen chisel and a narex chisel and compare them to see which one i prefer. then i will buy a whole set of the more preferred one
i havent been able to find unsharpened narex chisels though, if you have seen one on a website or can find one please post the link here
Sam
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2nd November 2012, 09:22 PM #17Jim
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I'm a bit late but I've just been reminded of Stubai.
Cheers,
Jim
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3rd November 2012, 02:01 AM #18
Be careful when purchasing Two Cherries chisels. There are two variaties, polished and unpolished. The polished versions have been done with a sander and their sides are dubbed. This means many hours wasted in flattening backs. The ones to get are the unpolished versions.
You have to ask yourself what you want to do with a chisel: paring tenon faces, chopping, cleaning waste from dovetails.
For delicate work like fine dovetails, the lands of the blades are best when minimal. Thicker lands are better for heavy work.
Handles are a very personal thing, and balance is affected by these and the length/thickness of the blades.
Ideally you need to handle a chisel to determine whether you like it, and can live with it. Deciding from magazine stats and reviews may not be the best way. I'd rather have a comfortable chisel that I like to use and have a blade that needs sharpening a little more frequently, than a durable blade in an uncomfortable handle.
Narex are flavour of the year. They appear to be good allrounders, and at a good price. I have one and it has held a decent edge.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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3rd November 2012, 08:24 PM #19
looking for some good quality chisels (narex, kirschen, marples or stanley)
I had one or two and I've no doubt you'll love the Kirschen when you've got them ship shape. Recently, however, I bought a set of Pfeil (Swiss) bench chisels. They're fantastic. Flat (that was a relief after the two cherries to be honest), beautifully finished, reasonably dainty lands and sharpen to an edge as fine as any of my motley crew of inherited bergs, titans, sorbys et al.
... I'm so so on the narex carving tools I have - they're very brittle, but I see lot's of praise for the chisels.
Have fun...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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3rd November 2012, 09:32 PM #20
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12th May 2017, 08:05 PM #21Novice
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Haven't bought a chisel in 35yrs. plenty of different ones, berg/bahco, nooitgedagt, bracht, carl heidtman, Stanley and marples of course and sawfiles from Oberg.
Most of them are ok, only one marples a 40mm, that one never did hold its edge no matter how I sharpened it, Most likely a problem with tempering the steel.
Just make sure the bevel matches the work you are doing with it. Bracht is regarded as an average item in forums not in my book, they have performed very well.
just my two bob's worth.
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12th May 2017, 09:53 PM #22
My sweetheart go to paring chisel is a 3/4" Sandvik. Why? Theres something about the steel that not only feels better to sharpen and it also holds its edge longer than any other chisel I have which include a collection of 60 year old Stanley's and a modern set of Bahcos which suffice for day to day work. Here's the full set, still available on the usual selling sites:
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12th May 2017, 09:58 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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I'm sure that after 4 and 1/2 years, the OP will have it all sorted by now
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13th May 2017, 12:35 AM #24GOLD MEMBER
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I've bought Narex bevel and mortise chisels from here:
https://www.finetools.com.au/collections/chisel-set
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13th May 2017, 09:39 AM #25
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14th May 2017, 02:09 PM #26Novice
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14th May 2017, 02:25 PM #27Novice
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Sandvik that brings back memories. Some of their handsaws were pretty good too. Black handled 755 brilliant but you had to be carefull setting the teeth because the steel was pretty hard.
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22nd May 2017, 01:29 AM #28SENIOR MEMBER
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As you are in Germany, you should be able to get the Stubai chisels at a good price. (Austrian company) The "speczial" alloy is particularly good. I have a set of the 3560 model and am very pleased with them.