I thought about that but I remember reading an article that said if you
don't take the coating off it gums up your sharpening equipment. I
intended on sharpening them afterwards.


Leon wrote:
"Jonesy" wrote in message
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Does anyone know what takes the protective coating off quickly. I've
tried lacquer thinner and it worked very slowly but I still ended up
scraping it off.


Sharpening will remove it. New chisels should be sharpened and their backs
should be flattened.