I'll try to work "zymurgy" into the next one

What an honor! KZfaq friends? Do I get a badge? Maybe a decoder ring?

@@RenaissanceWW I believe you get a plugging

@@mcremona butt plugging

Also curious about your thoughts about this!

Honestly I don't recommend chisel brands at all because I've had great experience with every chisel I've picked up once it is fettled and sharpened properly. Some modern tools will boast technologically superior steel and durability and this is true. But in practice I haven't found them to function really any better than a 300 year old chisel in a paring cut where I'm not overly stressing the edge. A mortise chisel will benefit from more durable steel but even the vintage English pattern mortise chisels I have used still have exceptional durability when used correctly. And there is the heart of the matter. A chisel sharpened well and used well will work great irrespective of the brand. So to answer your question, get an old tool. In fact you will find many more options when you get up to chisels wider than 1" in the vintage world. Modern makers don't deal much in these larger varieties. My favorite chisel is a 2" wide Buck brothers chisel that I picked up on ebay about 12 years ago. What I used in the video happened to be a Blue Spruce 1.5" chisel and that is an outstanding chisel because I had to do no work to it. But it doesn't work any better than the Buck Brothers chisel...I just had to put a lot of work into getting that flat and ground and sharp (and remaking the handle). So go nuts, any brand will do.

@@RenaissanceWW I watched your video again now 2 years later. I so appreciate your teachings! All what you are saying is making so much sense. I got ahold of quite a few chisels of old vintage and I am having fun using them. Now I am crazy about old wooden planes and I was eyeballing those beautiful moving fillister and grooving planes with gorgeous fences. I have to stop myself because I can do all work with my Stanley 45 and a few rabbet planes. I am trying my hardest to follow Schwartz advice from the anarchist tool chest and not go overboard buying stuff. One question though, with skew blade rabbet wooden bodied plane, do you only use one side? I can see the plane wanting to move in the direction of the blade angle. Thanks again! Ola

@@MrOlaboss Yes it does want to pull towards the skew but you can still use them in either direction. I do this all the time in fact. Its another reason why I like the fenceless nature of a simple wooden rabbet plane.

No I've never made a Rabbet plane. Probably because they are so plentiful on the vintage market. And that's where I would buy them. They are so simple that just about any one you find can be put back to work easily. There are modern makers of wooden rabbet planes but once you get one you will want a few more and the vintage route is the best option. Regarding the rabbet block I know there are some Chinese manufacturers who are essentially replicating the Lie Nielsen but I can't speak to their quality. I'm dubious to say the least.

@@RenaissanceWW thank you!

Yup.. Got mine from hyperkitten. $40 for a great tool.

Well first we spell it Rabbet, not rabbit so it has nothing to do with the animal. But I haven't looked into this enough to really answer it. I suspect its typical American slang where someone misunderstood an accent when someone said "rebate" and over the years it became rabbet. I blame all those Scots-Irish cabinetmakers who settled in New England.