Small Dovetail Chisels

[Ron Brese]

A recently completed set of four dovetail chisels. 6" long, widths are 1/4", 5/16", 3/8" and 1/2". Handles are Desert Ironwood. The blades on these are made from NOS Sheffield England tool steel.

Ron

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[Mike Henderson]

Those are so pretty that I'd be reluctant to pound on them. Beautiful!

Mike

[Mike O'Keefe]

Very nice!!! Mike O'Keefe

[Phil Mueller]

Beautiful chisels, Ron.
By the way, I just watched the youtube vid on the French Oak Roubo bench build. Are you that Ron Brese? Very impressive build. If so, I’ll bet that was a fun project and looks like a bunch of great craftsmen.

[Jim Koepke]

Those do look nice, are the sides beveled and how much if they are?

jtk

[Stew Denton]

Ron,

Beautiful job!

Stew

[David Eisenhauer]

Beautiful, clean, tight work Ron. Question for Ron or whomever - What is the difference between a dovetail chisel and a bench chisel? What does a dovetail chisel offer in particular to cleaning up dovetails?

[Ron Brese]

The sides are beveled at 20 degrees. Should clear any commonly used DT angle.

Ron

[Ron Brese]

Yep Phil, that would be me. I am now 50 lbs. lighter than I was in 2013. Funny coincidence. I watched that FORP video just last night.

Ron

[Ron Brese]

David typically a DT chisel has almost no land on the sides so that it doesn't bruised the side walls of the dovetails when chopping the base line. In particular with these chisels is the length. At only 6" long it puts the knifed baseline and the top of the chisel where it's struck with the mallet all in one line of sight.

Ron

[Tony Shea]

Those are gorgeous. Probably the nicest set of chisels I've ever seen. I love the proportions. Overall just stunning work Ron!

[Frederick Skelly]

Beautiful work Ron!

[David Eisenhauer]

Thanks Ron. I had caught the short length and knew something was different about the lands, but did not why. Again, very nice craftsmanship.

[James Pallas]

Very nice!

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Umm, wow! Not sure what else to say about how they look. I assume that they work as well as they look.

[Devon Prescott]

Ron,

Stunning.

I was ogling these for some time before I realized that they were yours. I should have known right away - they have your "no excuses" style about them. I bet the ironwood handles go a long way toward balancing/taming the heavy steel. I wish I was a few hours closer so I could get a hold of one. It makes me want to padlock the drawer housing my motley collection of chisels (cast-offs, has-beens, and home-brews so no one looks at them).

I hope you and Julie are doing good in this crazy time and you have your family close at hand. Give her my best regards, please.

Devon

[Rob Luter]

I’m concerned you’ve not received enough praise for these. Exceptional work! The first statement was borderline sarcasm. The second wasn’t. Really nice stuff Ron.

[Robert LaPlaca]

Oh, they are beautiful, I am a sucker for short dovetail chisels..

[Ron Brese]

Thanks Rob and thanks to everyone for the kind and encouraging words.

Ron

[Mike Manning]

Nice chisels. With Desert Ironwood being a protected species how does one get it?

[Ron Brese]

From what I've read permits are issued for harvesting this material. I couldn't find any info as to who qualifies for a harvesting permit.

Ron