On 12/16/2014 8:38 PM, Ron Harper wrote:and I snip/quote

 > several times in the last few years I have read of folks using thin
 > paring chisels honed to 20 degrees.   these are almost always old
 > tools of Sheffield origins. Anybody set up like this? Anybody have
 > any to sell.  Are they really significantly thinner?

I have a few thin ones:
A couple 1/4 inch wide chisels 5/64 thick, honed at 20 degrees.
1 1/2 inch wide 1/8 thick Howarth, honed at 17 degrees
They are my go-to parers for end grain; dovetails, through tenons,
and any other end grain that needs just that wee bit of trimming.
The wide one is nice for trimming draw-bored pegs.
The narrow ones are great for dovetails, they get right into those
pesky corners.

I think I acquired all these at Tools Of The Trade sales up here
in the Great White North.  The big wide Howarth was handle-less
and $7 IIRC.  Better than any new chisel costing 10 times that.
The narrow ones cost more, having handles and all, but are still
so much better than new ones.


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Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User