I hope the steel is MUCH tougher in their other line. I can't believe
that my old sears chisel goes on and on with a sharp edge and I
literally wiped out the Marples edge (ground exactly the same way as the
Sears) in a few moments. I ran over to Sears to see what they have but
there are no 3/8" and they didn't have a separate 1/4" in stock so I'll
consider a better Marples or something else at Lee Valley.


Here is what one reviewer said about the Bluechips:
"
Don't be fooled. This chisels are not worth their price. I was given a
set two years ago. I never used them until three months ago. I was using
my old reliable set. I took this chisels out of the box and went to hone
them. Come to find out, the still is severly deformed. The facets are
totally out of place and you can not get a smooth bevel on
them---There's NO WAY you could double bevel these. I reground them
myself to as square as possible. No sooner than I did that, the half
inch chisel started breaking the corners! I did not blue the steel as I
use a Tormek sharpening system. Plus, I was using them without a
mallet---by hand! Cheap metal, cheap craftsmanship, poor quality! "

sounds like he had almost the same problem I did: the edge fell apart.

Other reviewers were more kind.

dave

dave

Myxylplyk wrote:

"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
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snippage
What's up with these Marples?


You need to get a Marple BlueChip chisel. They are the ones we all say are good.

Myx