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So I've got some cash together after selling a piece of unused sports equipment and I'm finally in a position to buy some chisels. I was sort of set on some Pfeil intermediate sized ones but having read a review where the tester states they are suitable for women and with those with small hands I'm a bit wary because I have some right shovels for hands!
I'm also tempted with some vintage chisels as there seems to be a few sets of old Marples, before Irwin bought them out, on Ebay at the moment and in it's heyday Sheffield steel competed with the best.
As for what I will be carving it will mainly be some relief stuff no larger than A4 and possibly some lettering on stick handles, definitely no characatures or animal heads etc because I know my limits and they don't particularly appeal to me.
I know there is a chance to buy second hand chisels from car boots etc but y sharpening skills are poor so effectively I'm looking at stuff requiring honing only, not reshaping and removing loads of metal!
Problems problems.....
I'm also tempted with some vintage chisels as there seems to be a few sets of old Marples, before Irwin bought them out, on Ebay at the moment and in it's heyday Sheffield steel competed with the best.
As for what I will be carving it will mainly be some relief stuff no larger than A4 and possibly some lettering on stick handles, definitely no characatures or animal heads etc because I know my limits and they don't particularly appeal to me.
I know there is a chance to buy second hand chisels from car boots etc but y sharpening skills are poor so effectively I'm looking at stuff requiring honing only, not reshaping and removing loads of metal!
Problems problems.....