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269905 Darrell & Kathy <larchmont@s...> 2020‑02‑07 Re: Crazy Tool Prices
On 2/6/2020 1:45 AM, scott grandstaff wrote:
>  > > Nobody is looking for old chisels. You can have the best chisels > ever 
made for almost nothing if you hunt > >
What Scott said.

I go to the local tool show, and buy decent chisels from
dealers, not even garage sale stuff, and I am paying like
$20 CAD for a tool that just needs a good sharpening.
Less if it needs a handle.

And the same thing from the Shiny Chisel Boutiques
will set you back $200.

And if you want a proper paring chisel you gotta buy an
old one.  The ones that are popular now seem awfully
heavy, thick, and coarse to me, compared to the lovely
vintage paring chisels I have.


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

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