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Thread: Narex chisels?
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28th May 2005, 06:29 AM #1
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Narex chisels?
Has anyone had any experience with these chisels? I did a search on the forum and I came up with nothing.
They are available from Leevalley, here is the link...
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...504,43500&ap=1You can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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28th May 2005, 11:54 AM #2
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I got a set of them, seem to be pretty good. I haven't used them enough to know whether they're better than my Marples chisels (not that that's a really high benchmark) but they appear to be, only time will tell.
Mick
PS don't hold your breath waiting for a review, I'm an avid avoider of handtool use, too hard to make money using them. Will have to wait till I'm retired for that!
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28th May 2005, 12:52 PM #3
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I have a set on the way and like Mick I have marples to compare them to.
I will let you know how they go when I get them."There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."
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28th May 2005, 04:25 PM #4
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cheers guys, I'll await the verdict before I plunge into it.
You can never have enough planes, that is why Mr Stanley invented the 1/2s
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28th May 2005, 05:31 PM #5
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Chances are you can believe most if not all of what Lee Valley says with respect to their opinion on what they sell. I would suspect that that's the opinion and experience of everyone here.
At 23.50 don't expect perfection. Having made a few tools myself I can say that the final finishing touches can take a great deal of time. So those chisels may not be as polished and precise as others you have used or seen.
I've got the blue chips made by Marples and a high end set made by Ashly isles and don't notice a great deal of difference unless I'm pounding them into white oak. And under that sort of abuse, the ones I made far exceed both brands. There are days when I wonder why I paid 3 times the price for the Ashle Isles when the Blue chips are only marginally worse.
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