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Thread: My Japanese Chisels
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29th April 2007, 01:03 AM #1
My Japanese Chisels
Its 8.30am. In the land of nod. Rudely awoken by the persistent chime of the doorbell. Opens door. "G'day Mike" - its me mate from Australia Post.
What have I bought this time. Lucky I'm single now or I'd be divorced...If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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29th April 2007, 01:09 AM #2
woo hoo
If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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29th April 2007, 01:26 AM #3
Beautiful.....
After a lot of consultation with Soatoz I decided on a set of High Speed Steel chisels as they hold their edge much longer than the white and blue steel laminated ones. They take longer to sharpen however. I'll be using the Tormek 2006 to sharpen all my cutting tools now as the arthritis in my hands, elbows and shoulders is too hard to get around.
This is what I bought. $772 including decorated box, insurance and freight.
Set of 10 "Haisu Hyoue" brand HSS chisel.
Sizes: 3,6,9,12,15,18,24,30,36,42mm
Red Oak handle in Kiri-box signed box
The big (42mm) and the little (3mm) shown below.
I haven't tried them on a project yet but straight out of the box, I took a beautifully smooth 1/8th arris off the edge of a piece of birdseye Huon Pine in one cut with bugger all effort.
I'm a very happy chappy and will provide a review of the sharpening process and their use at a later date.
CHeersIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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29th April 2007, 01:37 AM #4
I to your tool selecting wisdom, very nice.
Mike
"Working to a rigidly defined method of doubt and uncertainty"
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29th April 2007, 01:43 AM #5
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29th April 2007, 06:15 AM #6
Very cool and definitely gloat worthy.
Thanks for sharing.
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29th April 2007, 06:39 AM #7
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29th April 2007, 12:28 PM #8Senior Member
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They look great Shed....Do you reckon i can have a couple for nicks...you have heaps in the box...lol
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29th April 2007, 02:13 PM #9
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30th April 2007, 07:09 PM #10
Bad luck Sheddie
Tragic bad luck on your Japanese chisels purchase Sheddie.
Can't see those nancy boys standing up to any kind of punishment.
What you need is a full set of decent polycarbonate handled you beaut terriffic made in China Tiger Paw brand super soft non cuts.
This is your lucky day!
If you send those second rate made in Japan abominations to me, I'll replace them at absolutely no cost to you, with a brand new set of Tiger Paws,
Wadda ya say Sheddie? Huh? Huh?
Oh - all right I'll even throw in the postage. ...............
C'mon Sheddie........Wadda ya say? Huh? ...........................
Green with envy
SG
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30th April 2007, 07:31 PM #11
Unfortunately my first response to your well-deserved chisel gloat got lost in the great HDD crash of 2007, but I noticed on the Japanese Yahoo auction site (Yahoo auctions seem to be more popular up there than ebay) someone was putting a set of your chisels up for sale (this set was in a cardboard box with foam packing). Their reserve was ¥69,000 (it wasn't reached). So taking into account the decorated box, postage and insurance, I reckon ya dun good.
Regards
Des
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30th April 2007, 10:40 PM #12If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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30th April 2007, 10:48 PM #13
yep. I feel Soataz organised a good deal for me. ¥60,000 for the chisels and ¥5,000 for the wooden box, postage and insurance doesn't leave much profit margin for Soatoz I'd say. Can confidently recommend him to anyone wanting this sort of stuff. He seems to have some very good contacts in Japan. I had the chisels in my hands before I made the payment, (I did have to pay a $150 deposit before the order was placed. But, after trading informative and friendly emails with him I felt comfortable doing it this way).
Cheers
MikeIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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3rd May 2007, 04:23 AM #14
Well done Sheddy ol son well done!!
Im still a bit confused about these things but the muds slowly making way for chrystal as gunk... as you Derek and So among others work on me bloody darksidersBelieve me there IS life beyond marriage!!! Relax breathe and smile learn to laugh again from the heart so it reaches the eyes!!
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Hey, sorry it took me so long to appear.
I was so busy getting my web page ready.
Regarding the price Sheddy got, it was before I was scolded by the wholesaler that I should make more profit in order to keep the business going, I have given an insanely discounted price. The chisel Sheddy got is actually made by the famous Sukemaru (very famous in Japan). I have raised my overall price, but still it should be the cheapes out of Japan.
Anyway, I'm glad that you like your chisels Sheddy. I hope to speak to you again soon.
OH, BTW, the photo of the lid is upside down mate! And I think you'd like to know what it says. It reads from right to the left, High Speed Steel, Haisu Hyoue, set of 10 chisels.
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