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Thats a fair point, and I am indeed still considering that. However, I am also working on making different handle styles. I still think it will save me time if I find a way to copy the handles.

Hi, I'm a toolmaker (side business) and I'm making mostly edge tools like chisels and knives. The last few years I have spent investing in an nice setup for the metalworking part, and now it's time to do the same for the woodworking side of the toolmaking, mainly the handles. So far, I have...

Very beautifull work! As said above, very inspirational!

That's a beautifull piece of work!

Klaus, marcos, I must have missed your comments since I have discovered it just now ;-) Anyway, many thanks for the comments both of you made! It's really an honour to receive this kind of compliments. Below a few examples of my latest paring chisels, made out of several kinds of wood like...

Amazing work and wood. That will be a pleasure to work with once completed.

Hello Dazzer, Nice to hear that the tools have arrived! I'm even more happy that you like the tools. Thank you for this message on the forum. I am currently busy with planning the next batch, your bench chisel order is a very nice start for the next batch, but I need to save up some more orders...

Beautiful work! Very nice.

Thats a nice one indeed! I really like that kind of movies. Here a few more that I know and like: From how its made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0JmDbtAFug A 'picture movie' which shows the production of Dasta woodcarving tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll8yyFvvODI One of the...

The steel part is made out of O1 steel bar.

Hello Marcros, That's right, yours is finished too! See the pictures below. It's the 3rd seen from the left... I will send you an e-mail asap.

That's right. I bought it as Ebony, but later I did some research and I discovered that it is African blackwood indeed. ;-) Not that it matters to me, the story behind it remains the same.

Last year I spent 6 month's as a volunteer in Guinea, West-Africa. Although there was a lot of tension in the town where I stayed (Conakry) I managed it to visit a local woodcraft market where they sold typical African carvings out of beautifull woods. I asked if I could buy a piece of rough...

Recently, I have bought a 400 and 1000 Naniwa waterstone. Since then, I had only a 4000 stone and a bench grinder, and that did the job as well, but the step from the bench grinder to the 4000 gritt stone was too big and it took me way too much time on the 4000 gritt stone to remove the...

Hello Deema, Thank you for your interest, I am happy to answer all your questions. i am lcated in the Netherlands, that's rigth ;-) 1: The blades are completely hardened at a professional heat treatment shop: http://www.pontus.nl/ALGEMEEN/Subpages/OVER-PONTUS.aspx After the heat treatment I...

Most of the time I make paring chisels, bench chisels and draw knives, but a short while ago I received a request for a big timber framing chisel. And because I’m always in for something news, I decided to give it a shot. After some trial and error, I must say that the chisels came out very...

Hello Marcros, Well that's a quick reaction! ;-) Paring chisels are made on request. You can just e-mail me your wishes and I will handle your order. I think the section of my blog to which you refer is the "tools for sale" section, this section is a special place to sell al the tools I...

I have made a blog website especially for my tool making activities! My paring chisels, draw knives, timber frame chisels are for sale now together with a lot of other custom made tools. http://wilcoflier-toolworks.blogspot.nl/ Feel free to take a look around!

Hello Rod, I think that's because I'm Dutch, and so I have a Dutch name. ;-) I think the makers name is one of the best brand names for this kind of handmade tools, what do you think? Besides of that, a uncommon name is easier to identifie, isn't it? ;-)

Hello Handtoolers! About my website, there is indeed something wrong there. I am busy with sorting it out. I'm just back from a five months period of voluntary work in Africa and in that time I had hardly acces to internet. I guess its been in that time that the trouble has showed up. This...