Hirsch/Two Cherries - Flattening Chisel Backs

**Slavo** · 21st February 2005, 02:19 PM

I know that some people who have bought Hirsch, Two Cherries, Stubai, et al chisels, which have been polished resulting in rounded edges. And these needed a fair amount of work to flatten.

How did you guys go about flattening the backs, and was the effort worth it.

I'm looking at getting either the 6 Hirsch from LV or the 7 LV Bevel Edge Chisels and was wondering whether the Hirsch were worth the extra money and work.

Cheers
Slavo

**silentC** · 21st February 2005, 03:16 PM

I flattened mine with a waterstone. Very time consuming. Rocker used a diamond plate which might be quicker. Is it worth it? Hard to say. They're good chisels all right, nice steel. Don't know if they are any better than the LV ones though.

**numbat** · 21st February 2005, 03:51 PM

I used a diamond plate to do mine.

I must admit that there were a range of interesting out of flat patterns on the chisels.

Cheers

**Termite** · 21st February 2005, 04:59 PM

On my Stubai's i used Scary sharp....er sorry, scary flatten. Glass plate starting at 80 grit and worked my way up the grades. Found this after a lot of work with the waterstone and the scary way was 10 times as quick. Go for a decent set of chisels.

**Rusty** · 21st February 2005, 05:12 PM

Before I got all excited about clamps I was looking at chisels. I noticed on Amazon they had a Two Cherries set which was unpolished, and was being offered as a budget option. Would this eliminate the rounding, d'ya reckon?

Hang on, I'll try and find the link. Here it is, but it's enormous. Hope it works.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...?v=glance&s=hi

**DanP** · 21st February 2005, 07:15 PM

The unpolished one's are cheaper from this one:

Two Cherries Special Sets

Or you can try here (still cheaper than Amazon):

Chisels again

Dan

**Rusty** · 21st February 2005, 07:25 PM

Nice one, Dan. Two more bookmarks for me...

**Slavo** · 21st February 2005, 08:02 PM

Thanks for the links Rusty & Dan. I'm trying to tie the chisel purchase in with the cargo on the good ship HMS Lee Valley, so I am looking at either the Hirsch or the LV Bevel Edged Chisels, and leaning towards the Hirsch. From what little I could find, the LV chisels are a good buy, but some dont like the handles, and without flying over to Canada to check them out (whereas I've played with Hirsch before).

Numbat, could you expand on the range of interesting out of flat patterns on the chisels.

Cheers

**numbat** · 21st February 2005, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by Slavo

Numbat, could you expand on the range of interesting out of flat patterns on the chisels.

Cheers

Slavo,

None of them were the same, I should have taken photos whilst I was flattening them - but one of the chisel backs had what looked like a couple of angled hollows across the back of the chisel. Nothing really to worry about.

Got them all flat in the end using a diamond plate for the main metal removal then scary sharp.

I guess it is no different than any new set of chisels.

I would still recommend the chisels.

Just managed to snap a photo of the backs of my chisels - although they are all now flat.

Cheers

**DanP** · 21st February 2005, 10:08 PM

I keep those links for when I can afford them. I would have liked to get them from LV but as far as I can figure they won't do the unpolished.

Dan

**Slavo** · 22nd February 2005, 10:41 AM

Thanks for the responses guys, I think I'll probably go with the Hirsch. I noticed that LV had a 200x silicon carbide waterstone which might do the trick faster than an 800 and cheaper than a diamond plate.

**Termite** · 22nd February 2005, 11:11 AM

Slavo, wet and dry on a glass plate is the quickest and the cheapest.

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