cyrille de Brebisson wrote:

HF has 2 set of tools, one with a wood handle and one, $10 more or so with a
deep burgondy red color handle and steel that look thiker.... they apear to
be of better quality... which one do you advise?

When I bought mine years ago, the ugly burgundy handles were the high speed
steel ones - that's the ones you want. In case the color has changed, look
for "HSS" stamped on the blades.

A good first turning project is some replacement handles :-).

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