Jessica Pierce-LaRose
01-01-2011, 12:02 PM
I received (as a gift from my wife, after I offhandedly mentioned it was a great deal) the set of Narex mortise chisels Lee Valley had on a sale; I've been really liking them, particularly for the price, and it's nice as a thick and heavy mortise chisels like that have been hard for me to find at my local rust-hunters haunts. (Although I did just run into a real old pig-sticker style chisel for a decent price, I just need to figure out if I can make a new handle for it) I was expecting something a little closer to a sash mortise chisel in style, but these were much thicker and had the slightly relieved (non-square) sides that help from getting stuck.
Anyway, I'm now thinking of picking up some of the other Narex chisels to fill out some holes in my ensemble I'm having trouble filling. (I've had real good luck finding decent paring chisels lately, but that's it.) I'm just curious, does anyone know if there's any difference between the Narex chisels offered at LV and Highland Woodworking, other than the obvious difference in color of the finish on the handle? I'll probably just order from wherever I find I need something from next, but I thought I'd ask, I hadn't found any info on this via a google search.
I only ask because I noticed the LV page for the mortise chisels said they were made to their specifications; although I'm looking more now at bevel edge bench chisels.
Anyway, I'm now thinking of picking up some of the other Narex chisels to fill out some holes in my ensemble I'm having trouble filling. (I've had real good luck finding decent paring chisels lately, but that's it.) I'm just curious, does anyone know if there's any difference between the Narex chisels offered at LV and Highland Woodworking, other than the obvious difference in color of the finish on the handle? I'll probably just order from wherever I find I need something from next, but I thought I'd ask, I hadn't found any info on this via a google search.
I only ask because I noticed the LV page for the mortise chisels said they were made to their specifications; although I'm looking more now at bevel edge bench chisels.