On 15 Apr 2005 20:53:58 -0700, "Tattooed and Dusty"
wrote:

While I am asking, what is the consensus of japanese dovetail chisels?

Lovely things. I've only got one, but there's nothing like them for
getting into the corner underneath a tail. A really narrow one is
particularly good if you're trying to trim the end grain when you're
cutting dovetails with narrow saw-kerf-width pins.

Do they do a better job somehow than high quality japanese bench
chisels at chopping joints? I

Japanese chisels (except for the deliberate bevels) are quite tall and
square on the sides. You need _something_ to work these internal
corners and the tall, steep-angled dovetail chisel is stiffer than the
shallow bevel.

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