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What are these?? I have inherited an old tool chest of my wife’s uncle now departed and these were in it and I am unsure what they are. In life he was an electrician now gone to the great substation in the sky.

Thanks the two mediums are total different as I am finding out😀😀

Thanks for taking time to responding. I served my apprenticeship as a mechanical fitter 50 odd years ago and my apprentice master used really push the finer the honing the better the cut but that was for hand chiselling metal. Cutting jetways and oil ways. To be honest until recently I’ve never...

Many thanks to you all for the great advice!! I understand the need for sharpening technique and have invested in quite a good system with the finest stone at 8000 grit. I think I will on balance sharpen the old Stanley chisels to attempt redeem them so as to say. But I suspect my chiselling...

They are about 30 years old with polyethylene handles bought from B&Q they were left in the farm shed and rusted up. I have cleaned and sharpened them with a 30 degree secondary bevel but fell they are shall we say past their best. I am trying to make simple “stuff” and master joints using hand...

I am fairly new to woodworking and use an old set of Stanley chisels I have had for years and were really abused. I have renovated them but feel I need a better quality set. I don’t want to spend silly money can anyone recommend a decent set?

Outstanding!!