A Plethora of Chisels!

[Jack Curtis]

Sounds like you've got things well under control, Maurice; but I don't see "plethora" yet, you'll need to buy a lot more and a lot more variety of types before reaching that stage. Sorry.

[Steve Q Brown]

So, I was thinking, do I see which set I love the most, and sell off what I don't when it hit me that I should keep both sets and sell off most of the odd mismatched Greenleighs, Pextos, etc., in addition to the Sheffield made set of Marples Blue Chips that I started out with a dozen years ago.

Sell what you don't use on a weekly basis to someone who will, for a reasonable price :P.

Like you, I have a lot of oddball older chisels. I have trouble selling them, though... [for the price I think they're worth]

*cough, cough*

[David Weaver]

Sell what you don't use on a weekly basis to someone who will, for a reasonable price :P.


*cough, cough*

OH! ..no no....what I meant was more along the lines of I have trouble parting with them. Even putting them up for sale at all. They're all different enough that I like having them, but it seems like 95% of them are 1/2, 3/4 or 1", sizes I really don't need more of.

[Maurice Ungaro]

Sounds like you've got things well under control, Maurice; but I don't see "plethora" yet, you'll need to buy a lot more and a lot more variety of types before reaching that stage. Sorry.

Jack, I didn't even mention the non matched sets laying about!

[phil harold]

dovetail paring chisels like Derek shows on his site.

derek who?
address please
thanks

[Jim Koepke]

derek who?
address please
thanks

Derek Cohen

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMad...ailchisel.html

Is the post on dovetail chisel making.

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/

For the home page with a lot more.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

OH! ..no no....what I meant was more along the lines of I have trouble parting with them. Even putting them up for sale at all. They're all different enough that I like having them

Same here, most of the time the chisel is of more use to me than the money someone would pay for it.

One time I sold a Stanley 1" 750. It got me all of $15. If the chisel was still here it would have likely been fixed up and used occasionally even though there are a few other 1" chisels in the shop.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

One time I sold a Stanley 1" 750. It got me all of $15. If the chisel was still here it would have likely been fixed up and used occasionally even though there are a few other 1" chisels in the shop.

jtk

I have a LN 1" bevel edge chisel in a chisel roll, but I keep one of my 1" 750's on my bench at all times. There is something about the feel and balance of them that I really like. I'm talking about the old 750's, not the new one's.

[Todd Burch]

I guess I'm a hoarder. Preparing to move, I just packed a 16 x 13 x 13 box full to the brim of chisels, and then found more.

[Maurice Ungaro]

Hi, my name is Maurice, and I have a tool problem!

[Steve Bates]

Hi Maurice!

My name is Steve, send me your tools, it's no problem! ;-)

[Jack Curtis]

Oh, yeah, boxes of chisels and yet I continue to buy more, albeit only 1 or 6 at a time. Here's my latest, 24mm kiku-jirushi dragon:

[Maurice Ungaro]

You know.... Chisels are really like clamps: one can never have enough!

[john davey]

Don't worry Todd. They make bigger boxes for these special problems. DAMHIKT. .

[Todd Burch]

Yep. Although, I found my wife's wine bottle used cork stash while packing the other day, so the chisels are getting a bigger box and her corks will get this box.