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Thread: Harold & Saxon Chisels
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22nd September 2008, 12:53 PM #1Novice
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Harold & Saxon Chisels
Just received my second installment of chisels
four beautiful cabinet chisels with cooktown ironwood handles
love the finish on the back of these chisels
A superb äussie"product and a real credit to their maker
Well done Trent
rod
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22nd September 2008, 01:14 PM #2
Well done,
care to share a pic or two?
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22nd September 2008, 08:58 PM #3
Rod
As it is said, if we cannot see it, then it didn't happen.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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22nd September 2008, 09:12 PM #4
Hi Rod,
Yes we'd love to ogle the pics.
Hi Derek,
I noticed that you mentioned over on Woodnet that you have ordered some H&S chisels.
Which ones did you go for?
These chisels are certainly getting a reputation for beauty and from what I saw at the Sydney Wood Show, they keep their edge -- and then some.
Regards from Tele Point
SG.... some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ........................D.H. Lawrence
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22nd September 2008, 09:18 PM #5Senior Member
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Hi Rod how long did it take to get your chisels? And were they a custom order?
Thanks rodp.
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22nd September 2008, 10:56 PM #6
Hi Tom
Trent Powrie (who makes the H and S chisels) has most kindly offered to send me a couple of the HSS versions to test. These should come off the next production run in about 5 weeks.
Trent has described to me the composition of the steel and I find this very interesting. The high carbon versions are formulated along very similar lines to the Bergs, while the HSS are hardened to 61 hrc, which would be (in my mind) more like honing a Japanese chisel, and quite different to M2 (as Trent noted).
I am looking forward to trying these chisels out. What the HSS promises to do (and what I am interested in examining) is to go a step beyond the A2 LN chisels and offer a blade that is capable of being honed at 25 degrees (rather than the 35 degrees recommended by LN).
I'll keep in touch.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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23rd September 2008, 04:53 PM #7Intermediate Member
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AARRRRGGGGG dumb car I could be looking at a beautiful set of H&S in Macadamia right now!
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25th September 2008, 10:24 AM #8Senior Member
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I ordered my set in Tiger Myrtle. I can't wait.
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27th September 2008, 11:05 PM #9Novice
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Chisel decision!
I'm in the market for some new chisels and at this stage I'm looking at LN, Pfiel or the Aussie brand H&S. I've read many reviews, including Chris Gochnour's last testing of twenty three brands but I'm still hesitant as to which bench chisel type is for me. I already have a few "odds and sods" including a couple of EA Bergs which I'm very happy with but I don't have a reasonable set, which I hope to rectify in the near future. Derek, if you are about, some advice from you or anyone else would be appreciated.
regards, Keith
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27th September 2008, 11:30 PM #10
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27th September 2008, 11:40 PM #11Novice
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Why? What is your reasoning?
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28th September 2008, 02:14 AM #12
Keith
I cannot say more than I wrote early on at this stage. You will have to wait until I actually get to use them. Likely to be in about 5 or 6 weeks.
Regards from Perth
Derek
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29th September 2008, 12:10 PM #13Senior Member
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Wait for Dereks review, It'll be worth the wait.
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29th September 2008, 12:25 PM #14Novice
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H&s
Thanks. Good advice, I'll wait until Derek has completed his review.
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2nd October 2008, 04:28 PM #15Novice
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will try and add a few photos
I particularly like the finish to the back of the chisel
makes it a great cabinet chisel
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