6 Mar 2010
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 Thomas Lie-Nielsen brought this long bladed chisel along to the recent Talking Tools event in Oxford. I think it will be of interest to those who like Patternmaker's Paring Chisels. They should be on sale in a couple of months or so and will be available in A2 or 01 steel. The chisel behind with the long handle is in 01 steel and I will be experimenting to find out how low an angle I can sharpen and use it at. It has been clear to me for some time that many oilstone users find the sharpening of A2 steel difficult. Now that these beautifully ground chisels are being made in 01 as well as A2, I hope everyone will be happy! Best wishes, David |
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| posted by David Charlesworth at 15:00 | comments [6] | |
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| posted by Mike Lingenfelter | 7 Mar 2010 at 14:36 |
David, Welcome back to the blogosphere! You have been missed. I've been looking for some paring chisels. Are these chisels similar to their bench chisels or are they slimmer? I've been trying to find some slim chisels, to fit between narrow dovetails, to do that release cut you talk about. Most of the western paring chisels seem to have long blades and short handles. These seem too flexible to me. Some of the Japanese paring chisels have shorter blades and long handles. This seems more logical, for what I think I need. I haven't branched out into Japanese chisels yet. What are you thoughts on long or short bladed paring chisels blades? Mike |
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| posted by davidcharl | 7 Mar 2010 at 20:23 |
Mike, Thank you! The long chisel is only slightly thinner than the regular one. 4.3mm & 4.8mm. I have some particularly thin Japanese paring chisels where the blade thickness at the tip is only 2.7mm. My collection also has medium thickness and some which are heavier. There is clearly quite a wide variation. The Ashley Iles chisels sold by Workshop Heaven are slim and if you were planning to do really narrow dovetails, I would suggest improvising a tool from thick power hacksaw blades, or even a knife blade. Best wishes, David |
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| posted by Mark White | 21 Mar 2010 at 11:01 |
Nice to see you you are using your blog again, have you been waiting for something worthy of blogging about? 2008 seems like a long break, although I have read some of your posts on the uk workshop forum. Is there anything in the pipeline coming from you, dvd, book, personal appearances, etc? Anyhow, nice chisel, nice to have blog again and lets have some more! kind regards, Mark W |
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| posted by Mark White | 25 Mar 2010 at 19:53 |
I saw you at Westonbirt and Cressing Temple last year, personally as far as venues go I prefer Westonbirt, probably because its a bit closer to home, I hope you will be there this year. There were no demonstrations at Cressing as far as I know, which was a bit of a disapointment. Kind regards, Mark W Ps I take it you are not at Yandles this year? |
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| posted by Anthony [ http://thedinosaurwalk.com/woodworkingjobs ] | 3 Jul 2011 at 13:28 |
Wow, those are beautiful chisels. My collection is still wanting, I only have a 1/4 inch and a 1 inch. Hopefully I can find some beautys like these some day. |
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