Ron

I have a 3/4 and a 1” Buck Bros - pre WW1 I think.  The blades are so long and
so thin that you can flex them a little bit by bending at either end.  They are
excellent for all sort of, well, paring.

Ed Minch




On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Ron Harper  wrote:

> Habitues of the porch and sons thereof,
> 
> several times in the last few years I have read in a blog or article or
> some other account, of folks using thin paring chisels honed to 20 degrees.
> They are often mentioned in the very final paring of dovetail base lines.
> If I recall,  these are almost always old tools of Sheffield origins.
> Anybody set up like this? Anybody have any to sell.  Are they really
> significantly thinner? Does that, in fact, matter?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ron. A Kokomo Galoot who is looking forward to a day in the shop tomorrow.