I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? Any good
sources of info? Just hoping for some thoughts. Thanks.
JP

"JayPique" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? Any good
sources of info? Just hoping for some thoughts. Thanks.
JP

Witherby is excellent. I have one.
http://sawnutz.galootcentral.com/witherby/index.htm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/beautiful-T-...em416132 9309

Witherby is excellent. I have one. -BW
http://sawnutz.galootcentral.com/witherby/index.htm

An interesting piece of history that .. thanks.
`Casper

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JayPique wrote:

I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? Any good
sources of info? Just hoping for some thoughts. Thanks.

I have the set of 10 of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67707&cat=1,41504

From 1/4" to 2"...

Decent quality, and good price.

djb

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On 1/13/2012 3:36 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:

I have the set of 10 of these:

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=67707&cat=1,41504

From 1/4" to 2"...

Decent quality, and good price.

I've got my eye on these. A couple of the guys on G+ put this together
about the Narex mortising chisels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoPBFPBW_3A

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A couple of the guys on G+ put this together
about the Narex mortising chisels:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoPBFPBW_3A

I recently picked up the set of 6... 1/8 - 1/2, but haven't used them
yet. I also have the LH and RH skew chisels and quite like them as
well.

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"JayPique" wrote in message
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I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? Any good
sources of info? Just hoping for some thoughts. Thanks.
JP

Read up. Learn brand names of quality chisels, both old and new. Know what
they're worth before you see them, and haggle, haggle, haggle. Some of the
old stuff that you can pick up for a buck or two is just as good as any new
stuff that's $50. Educate yourself first, then to shopping.

Steve

www.heartsurgerysurvivalguide.com

On Jan 12, 9:16*pm, JayPique wrote:

I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... *I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. *Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? *Any good
sources of info? *Just hoping for some thoughts. *Thanks.
JP

Peck, Stow & Wilcox (aka PEXTO) are very good antique chisels. Not as
well known as some of the bigger names, but quality stuff and you
should be able to scoop up a deal.

R

On Jan 31, 10:42*pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Jan 12, 9:16*pm, JayPique wrote:



I'm in the market for a couple of larger framing chisels, and I'm
hoping to find them cheaper than the $100+ offerings from Sorby, Barr
et al... *I almost bought a Keen Kutter but it disappeared off of
eBay. *Are there specific brands to avoid?...to look for? *Any good
sources of info? *Just hoping for some thoughts. *Thanks.
JP

Peck, Stow & Wilcox (aka PEXTO) are very good antique chisels. *Not as
well known as some of the bigger names, but quality stuff and you
should be able to scoop up a deal.

R

I bought an old Buck Brothers 2" bench chisel that seems to take and
hold an edge nicely. Haven't done much work with it yet though. Too
bad I didn't have it before that last job...that seems to be the case
a lot.
JP