Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
'Sactly!
For those last few clean-up touches what is needed is a sharp tool, not one that can bludgeon thru six inches of wood without seeing the grinder.
In practise, if you can find a good quality 20year old CS chisel AND you can sharpen it properly, then the odds are good that it will become a valued part of your tool set.
I certainly treasure mine!
Same here. I treasure my Marples. I thought I'd picked up a poor CS gouge but realised the last owner had polished the bluing off! Another grind and it was fine.