I like the Ashley isles, I bought four at a woodwork show about 10 years ago. They were classed as seconds due to having a slight color miss match on the handles. great buy.

Solid advice as ever. We do not have many \ rather any opportunity to buy previously owned tools here, except from e-bay from central Europe, so my route was: 1. Very cheap chisels set from a big box store, under 10 euro - decent wooden handles, very soft steel, the upside being I now sharpen quickly and free hand. Two years back I upgraded to the Narex Profi line, their cheapest with a set coming in at about 50 euro: very good steel, but I don't like the handels, rather on the chunky side. I now use the old set with a 20 degrees primary bevel for pairing and very soft wood. I recently bought a 4 mm Narex chisel for morticing for a special project, and changed the way I feel about morticing. I am now thinking of chopping of the ferrule on the Narex set and reshape the handles, because I will definitely stop morticing with the beveled edge chisels, and get one or two more morticing chisels, they are around 12 euro a piece - so much more easier to control and steer. Thank you for the video, and happy holidays!

Agree with buying the old ones off eBay as being the best bet. Another option is the Axminster Rider, the steel is good, holding its edge for a good while. Only thing I am not so keen on is the handles, but they can be shaped a little if need be.

I do have ferules like those, that uses the indent to make sure it doesn't slip off. Every single one of those that I have, they develops a crack off the indent. Maybe not an issue. Saw one lathe tool where the turner used the nylon colored cord, which he wrapped around the handle and used super glue on top of the string. It would probably work.

I concur! 🙂

Saw a review on Amazon that showed the edge bent over from working in hardwood. Maybe they have some QC issues with their hardening process.

I've gotten all of my chisels here and there. Those nice store bought sets are too rich for my blood. Plus I don't like to commit. I never know how much I'm going to like something before I really have and use it. Chisels are one of those things that I have to sharpen and use before I make a determination with them. Got to live with it some. So I'm better off with whatever I can find.

i have a four piece set of Grebstk chisels cost $20 cdn they are a good rough work chisels easy to sharpen. i also have a full set of narex chisels that i use for more accurate work

Where would you use a 3/8” chisel? Just curious.

Are there any other chisels you could recommend cheers

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