Craigslist -- Blue Spruce

[Mark Gibney]

As I don’t have a dog in this fight I’ll reply to Jessica’s comment about sensitivity on this thread. That comment is not just missing the point it is stating your opposition to it in a provocative manner.
To paraphrase that old saying, if you don’t have anything interesting to say, don’t say it.

[Nathan Johnson]

In summary:

OP requests subjective opinions.

Jessica posts her opinion.

The Little Old Knights of SMC waddle after her with pitchforks muttering Grandma-speak.

[Prashun Patel]

Ok let’s move on from this. Everyone has said their piece. Nobody lost an eye. Just let it go now.

[Paul McGaha]

Prashun,

Thanks for trying to keep the peace.

PHM

[Stewie Simpson]

Actually, IMO, your having stated your opinion of A2 saved others from having to say something similar.

My paring chisels have a bevel of ~16º. A2 doesn't work well at such a shallow angle. A2 even seems to be a bit chippy at 25º. It is something one has to live with and others seem to go for steeper sharpening angles than my preferred angles.

jtk

+1 on Jim's comments.

[Bruce Haugen]

I’ve had my hands on a Blue Spruce chisel one time at the first Handworks, then I handed it back to Dave Jeske. He took one of his beautiful mallets and pounded the living hell out of the chisel into a block of hard maple. He really jammed it in there and it was a struggle pulling it out. Then he pared the end grain of that block. It could still shave hair and showed no signs of the edge chipping or folding.