Thread: What brand of turning chisels ? Poll!!

Zed,
I am not sure if my input would be a good indication as I am in the USA. I use sorby, crown , sears craftsman along with several that my partner and i have made out of old files.


River Rat

Zed,

I sent my advice to your first post and not the pol so please refer to that for my first reply.
Next, I have purchsed several brands of tools and here are my experiences:
First I bought a set from Carb-a-tech which wern't that bad except that although they don't keep their edge as well as other brands and made in China.
Next I bought the P&N gouge as mentioned in my other reply, it's a great tool except it wasn't the size that I expected.
Since then I have bought several Sorby (also great tools) and a Henry Taylor also good.

My advice is to buy the best that you can afford, but stay away from the asian tools because although they may be a good starting point and are supposed to be HSS, the quality of steel is no where as good as the P&N or the Shefield steel, & you will be forever sharpening them.

Hope this helps

Zed

given that you are in Sydney, you could also try Hycut tools, imported by the guy that sells the UniJig and supposedly the same quality steel as P&N etc, but a little bit cheaper - I have one of their bowl gouges which in my limited experience does the job quite well.

And just to confirm that there are exceptions to rules, I get better results from my 12mm cheapie skew than from the 20mm round-edged Henry Taylor. (I guess I have to concede that there is just the remotest possibility that my technique might be contributing a very small amount to this problem, rather than the tools.)

Colin

P & N. Good steel, mid price range, AND AUSTRALIAN MADE!