Lie Nielsen Bench Chisels Reviews?
 

Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
them.
Has anyone purchased them? How are they

Thanks

Jim

Have you ever seen anything Lie Nielsen made that wasn't top quality? $200
for a set of chisels is a lot of money but it is the last set of chisels you
will ever buy.

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Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
them.
Has anyone purchased them? How are they

Thanks

Jim

Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
them. Has anyone purchased them? How are they
Thanks Jim


I suggest the Harris Chisel set on eBay, socket chrome manganese for a much better deal.
Cocobola handles and fitted wooden box, 8 chisels. Seller is Tingosa.

On 24 Dec 2004 13:53:34 -0800, wrote:

Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
them.
Has anyone purchased them? How are they

Thanks

Jim

I did see something recently, perhaps in a recent FWW. Just a couple
of paragraphs. But said they were worth the price.

Head on over to Wood Central and pull up the posts on reconditioning old
chisels. Then head to Ebay and build a set of Witherby, Swan, Buck, White,
etc. for far less money and just as good a result.

--
Ross
www.myoldtools.com
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Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
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Has anyone purchased them? How are they

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Jim

Liam wrote:

Have you ever seen anything Lie Nielsen made that wasn't top quality? ...

Plus, if you for some reason aren't satisfied, they'll be no questions
raised if they can't satisfy you...

Its true that you could recondition old chisels, and they would be at
least as good as the LN, but if your time is short and you would rather
spend it wood working instead of finding (not trivial) and restoring
tools then the LN is probably the way to go...

On 25 Dec 2004 07:10:45 -0800, "Scott Wilson"
wrote:

Its true that you could recondition old chisels, and they would be at
least as good as the LN, but if your time is short and you would rather
spend it wood working instead of finding (not trivial) and restoring
tools then the LN is probably the way to go...



I enjoy the process of cleaning up and putting fine old tools back
into service. finding the time is a problem, but I like having lots of
different names in my chisel drawer....

For me they're far too expensive for what they are. I can put a razors edge
on any chisel that may not last quite as long, but long enough. And too
limited in sizes, I can only imagine what the 1" or bigger will cost. The
first time I handled the LN chisels, my first thought was how cute and
dainty - wouldn't want to find out the hard way they can't take a hit.
Their new (unreleased when I saw them) mortice chisels have the same
extremely light handle. Mentioned my concern to the LN Rep here in Canada -
he said (with an arrogant tone) I obviously didn't know how to sharpen a
chisel. He obviously doesn't know what's going on when someone drives even
a sharp mortice chisel into hard wood. I like chisels that are more robust
with handles that fit my hands better. If you want a specialized chisel for
light hand work and have lots of money to spend go for it.

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Looking to purchase a set but have not seen anything written up about
them.
Has anyone purchased them? How are they

Thanks

Jim

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 09:09:01 -0600, Duane Bozarth
wrote:

Liam wrote:

Have you ever seen anything Lie Nielsen made that wasn't top quality? ...

Plus, if you for some reason aren't satisfied, they'll be no questions
raised if they can't satisfy you...


How cool is that? G

Barry

In article IU6zd.25922$QR1.11624@fed1read04,
"AAvK" wrote:


I suggest the Harris Chisel set on eBay, socket chrome manganese for a much
better deal.
Cocobola handles and fitted wooden box, 8 chisels. Seller is Tingosa.

I looked at that. Current (starting) price is $76. Sounded great, until
I checked the shipping and handling. $53.

It still could be a good deal, considering that the same set is $234 +
shipping on the web site. But something strikes me as being a little
hinkey about it. I could be passing up a gloat, but I'll risk it.

--
Hank Gillette

I looked at that. Current (starting) price is $76. Sounded great, until
I checked the shipping and handling. $53.
It still could be a good deal, considering that the same set is $234 +
shipping on the web site. But something strikes me as being a little
hinkey about it. I could be passing up a gloat, but I'll risk it.


Thanks for the note, I just saw he changed it to express mail. You could probably
easily convince him to send at the cheapest. It used to be basic which was $20. The
route is from Costa Rica to Miami (if you live in the US), then shipped from there.

Alex

Thanks for the note, I just saw he changed it to express mail. You could probably
easily convince him to send at the cheapest. It used to be basic which was $20. The
route is from Costa Rica to Miami (if you live in the US), then shipped from there.


....just make sure you ask and whine bitch and gripe about that shipping cost BEFORE you bid!
Remember the eBay contract!

Alex

I own them and love them. They are expensive, though. Would I do it
again? Yes.

I also have some Lee Valley Chisels and have used (but not owned)
severl others). The LN's feel good and work good. Excellent steel and
they come fairly tuned out of the box -- I just did a tiny bit of
honing/sharpening.

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I enjoy the process of cleaning up and putting fine old tools back
into service. finding the time is a problem, but I like having lots of
different names in my chisel drawer....

I enjoy finding and using the old tools myself. I always think about
who might have originally owned them and what those folks were like.
I just stumbled across a really nice batch of 9 out of the twelve
piece set of Stanley #750's that the Lie-Nielsens are based on for half
what L-N gets for it's five piece set. They go from 1/4" to 1 1/2". I will
gradually gather the remaining three, 1/8", 1 3/4" & 2" and I'll have the
whole enchilada and preserve what I think is a little piece of history to
boot.

--
Michael

mhburton at moment dot net

"Michael Burton" mhburtonatmomentdotnet wrote in message
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wrote in :


I enjoy the process of cleaning up and putting fine old tools back
into service. finding the time is a problem, but I like having lots of
different names in my chisel drawer....

I enjoy finding and using the old tools myself. I always think about
who might have originally owned them and what those folks were like.
I just stumbled across a really nice batch of 9 out of the twelve
piece set of Stanley #750's that the Lie-Nielsens are based on for half
what L-N gets for it's five piece set. They go from 1/4" to 1 1/2". I will
gradually gather the remaining three, 1/8", 1 3/4" & 2" and I'll have the
whole enchilada and preserve what I think is a little piece of history to
boot.

Stanley 750s on eBay all the time.