chisels

[jimialeggio5 at comcast.net]

Ditto...I finally started using these japanese chisels for really picky work and 
they leave all my other chisels in the dust. 

The relieved backs really let you get the essential mirror polish. A totally 
unexpected bonus in notching work is that the clear mirror polish on the 
back lets me eyeball the exact center of the 3 pin holes really quickly.
When you split a hole with a mirror as you move the mirror the circular
hole very visibly becomes an ellipse...so nailing the exact center is really easy.

I must say however for myself, that I find multiple chisel sets to be a waste of money, as I 
quickly adopt a very few sizes for the great majority if not all my work. 

Jim I

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I was going to say "go Japanese" but I see you're already there. No one does
better.

On 3/15/07, RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks
>
>
> I'm getting ready to buy a set of really good chisels and before I do I
> wanted to check with folks experienced with notching needs and see if
> they have any good recommendations.  So far the set I've seen that
> impresses the most (from reading about them, not experience) are the
> following...
>
> http://www.fine-tools.com/stemjap.htm#zield11
>
> Any advice is welcome.
>
> Cheers and thanks
> RicB