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Steve Wolfe
 
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This set does not appear in the HF catalog, and appears to be the same
set sold by The Woodworkers Choice as Item 3494.
The handles are well contoured, and dyed a dark rosewood color.
(Presumably to emulate a Crown or Sorby handle.)
They blades are marked HSS and are, of course, made in China.
The blades are securely mounted, and there is a tight fitting, thick
brass ring around the shank/handle junction.
The 8 individual tools are sold in a lined, finger jointed wooden box.
The set includes 3 gouges, 1 round scraper, 2 skews, 1 flat parting
tool and 1 half-diamond parting tool.
The business end of the tools were well shaped and smoothly ground.


I couldn't get any pages of the woodworker's choice to work other than the
main page, but the HF chisel set that I've used for about a year and a half
sounds nearly identical - the only variation being the variety of chisels, I
got one skew and two scrapers. Because the two scrapers were identical, I
ground one to a different profile. Overall, I've considered them to be
perfectly adequate for my needs. Harbor Freight isn't completely useless,
just mostly so.

steve