Peter Bell
07-30-2009, 5:28 PM
The Woodcraft store I have an arrangement with can procure the Fast Cap Pocket Chisels for me. They are in the Woodcraft on line catalogue.
They come in four sizes 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" and 1" and are all priced at $19.95 each. The benefit for me is there portability.
I am trying to improve my sharpening skill for plane blades and chisels and have the help of a very experienced retired tool maker engineer friend. Normally I would not be interested in these but now my chisels are getting sharper I am hesitant to throw them into my tool box that I take to our Wood Club each Tuesday. We can use the clubs chisels but sometimes their handle cuts better then the steel end.
The idea of a folding chisel protecting the keen edge from damage and also from cutting me appeals. The one doubt I have is because I cannot see them in person I have to buy sight unseen. The description by Woodcraft is that they are made of tool steel but do not give the Rockwell hardness so I can make a better informed opinion of them.
Off course I do not expect them to be the quality of a high end chisel but for around the $20 mark are they in line with similar quality priced chisels or am I paying a high premium for the folding handle at the expense of steel only suitable for the bin. I do not know where they are made but because of the lack of information i suspect China but am unsure.
Any help would be appreciated.
Peter
They come in four sizes 1/4" 1/2" 3/4" and 1" and are all priced at $19.95 each. The benefit for me is there portability.
I am trying to improve my sharpening skill for plane blades and chisels and have the help of a very experienced retired tool maker engineer friend. Normally I would not be interested in these but now my chisels are getting sharper I am hesitant to throw them into my tool box that I take to our Wood Club each Tuesday. We can use the clubs chisels but sometimes their handle cuts better then the steel end.
The idea of a folding chisel protecting the keen edge from damage and also from cutting me appeals. The one doubt I have is because I cannot see them in person I have to buy sight unseen. The description by Woodcraft is that they are made of tool steel but do not give the Rockwell hardness so I can make a better informed opinion of them.
Off course I do not expect them to be the quality of a high end chisel but for around the $20 mark are they in line with similar quality priced chisels or am I paying a high premium for the folding handle at the expense of steel only suitable for the bin. I do not know where they are made but because of the lack of information i suspect China but am unsure.
Any help would be appreciated.
Peter