Frank&Earnest
16th April 2008, 09:54 AM
Having taken my beloved shopping for gardening items at Stratco, yesterday I saw a shiny wooden box with 6 large turning chisels - Medalist brand, discontinued item, going for $48.99 - so I bought them on impulse, just to reward myself for being there. :D
I thought that at that price they would be good even as wall decoration, and I have not tried them yet. I googled it though and Just Tools sells them for $137, the price of just one good gouge.
My question to the learned members is: is the difference between good and bad chisels only the ability to hold an edge, so that bad ones need to be sharpened more frequently and therefore do not last long (which is what I have always thought), or is there some other reason that makes lesser quality chisels not worth buying at any price? (besides of course holding the edge so badly that they are virtually always blunt).
I thought that at that price they would be good even as wall decoration, and I have not tried them yet. I googled it though and Just Tools sells them for $137, the price of just one good gouge.
My question to the learned members is: is the difference between good and bad chisels only the ability to hold an edge, so that bad ones need to be sharpened more frequently and therefore do not last long (which is what I have always thought), or is there some other reason that makes lesser quality chisels not worth buying at any price? (besides of course holding the edge so badly that they are virtually always blunt).