That is some very nice looking chisel storage. Are those Harold and Saxon chisels at the top? Or did you ever get to try them and review? I have recently purchased some HNT Gordon goodies and think they're fantastic. Seeing their chisels on the webpage is very appealing!I am not sure that you could use these ideas in a box, however these are drawers (in a cabinet under my bench) and may offer some inspiration.
Each drawer has a sliding tray. Top level ...
Lower level ...
Top level ...
Lower level ...
Regards from Perth
Derek
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Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)
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Harry, the top layer of chisels are Veritas PM-V11 bench chisels with (mostly) custom Ebony handles (from the factory), and the lower layer are the first run of Blue Spruce dovetail chisels with (mostly) African Blackwood handles. Both get used regularly.
Harold & Saxon chisels leave a bad taste in the mouths of Australian woodworkers since most (myself included) failed to receive their paid orders. This was about a decade ago. Requests and promises went on for years - I think some still try, but most have resigned themselves to the fact that their money is lost. Of importance, this was with orders direct to H&S. I would trust orders to HNT Gordon since Terry Girdon is a straight shooter.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Harold & Saxon chisels leave a bad taste in the mouths of Australian woodworkers since most (myself included) failed to receive their paid orders. This was about a decade ago. Requests and promises went on for years - I think some still try, but most have resigned themselves to the fact that their money is lost. Of importance, this was with orders direct to H&S. I would trust orders to HNT Gordon since Terry Girdon is a straight shooter.
Regards from Perth
Derek
That is very disappointing to hear. Thank you for letting me know
I’m looking to make something similar: https://ciofficial.com/collections/...t-24-hole-pricking-iron-chisel-rack-organizer
but with a larger size and a wider opening.
but with a larger size and a wider opening.
Hello James,
In today`s times of ever-accelerating technological advances in all aspects of life, I often stop to consider that the old masters of any arts, crafts, and manufacturing did it a certain way for hundreds of years for very good reason. A simple `tool-roll` can be a light cloth affair as others have mentioned or of a sturdier material such as canvas or leather. The latter will develop a shape and natural patinated appeal like a good old pair of leather boots. The ‘roll’ is quite adequate and practical for a ‘staple’ tool that should be in very regular use when creating your `whatever-you-do`.
Tools of any quality are tools... the pleasure surely is in the use of them and perhaps a little bit of admiration via display if one is particularly proud of their choice of brand at whatever stage in their journey... The best solution is the one you are most happy with. There must be the same satisfactory admiration in rolling out your pride and joy as there is in a glass case or lidded box. You will never hurt them but will master the art of shaping and sharpening them with good old muscle memory.
James carter
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yes I agree , I have a cheap suede roll for my site chisels just fancied something a bit nicer for my best ones. the photo by the gentleman above is very similar to what I had envisioned
James carter
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this is the sort of thing I had in mind . hoe did you envision forming the slots for the chisels ?
Ollie78
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Having tried most methods I have mine inside my hand tool systainer where they basically sit in holes upright for easy grabbing.
This is what fits in there.
It is funny looking at this now, this picture is from 2014 when I made the insert, I still use it daily and all the tools look much more battered now 90% the same kit though. I was just thinking maybe its time to re do it. I think 10 years is enough for proof of concept !
The issue with tool rolls is you have to unroll them and put them somewhere to get at the contents.
I also have another thing for the mostly stationary ones.
This is what fits in there.
It is funny looking at this now, this picture is from 2014 when I made the insert, I still use it daily and all the tools look much more battered now 90% the same kit though. I was just thinking maybe its time to re do it. I think 10 years is enough for proof of concept !
The issue with tool rolls is you have to unroll them and put them somewhere to get at the contents.
I also have another thing for the mostly stationary ones.
skeetstar
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Derek, every time I see a photo of your handiwork, I am astonished at your skill. I am a sort of 'that'll do' hobbyist, I'm sure it would take me years to generate the skills you display in your workmanship.. I love what you turn out, it is what skilled wood work is all about. ThanksI am not sure that you could use these ideas in a box, however these are drawers (in a cabinet under my bench) and may offer some inspiration.
Each drawer has a sliding tray. Top level ...
Lower level ...
Top level ...
Lower level ...
Regards from Perth
Derek
Jester129
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Derek, in the first photo of the chisels, can you tell me what the odd-looking chisel is on the right is called, and what it is used for please?
Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)
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This one?
It is a fishtail chisel, and used for cleaning out the corner of half-blind dovetail sockets ...
Regards from Perth
Derek
Bumble
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I have a chisel box made from scrap wood (it has the DNA of two different kimono cabinets, a kotatsu table and construction waste). It normally sits on the wall (as all my tools for lack of space for cabinets) but can be removed from casing in case I want access to all the chisels on the workbench.
I do not know if this counts as portable, it does not have a locking latch. I put some rubber foam pads to support the neck so they do not roll around or fall out when on the wall. I think Derek's box with the magnets would be more secure.
I do not know if this counts as portable, it does not have a locking latch. I put some rubber foam pads to support the neck so they do not roll around or fall out when on the wall. I think Derek's box with the magnets would be more secure.
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As you're a woodworker, you can probably make a handsome box for chisels with ease - perhaps one as handsome as Derek's drawers! (Them wooden ones, not his under-strides). But when such a box is large (for the chisel range expansion purposes) or you have numerous of them, they become rather less "portable". In what way do you want the chisel-clasper(s) to be portable, by the way?
Personally I have a lot of such tools wrapped in leather tool rolls made by my wife, who is adept at the making of all sorts of sewed-up stuff. She also makes leather covers of various shapes and fastenings for the sharp parts of tools - chisel ends, knife blades, axe/adze edges and so forth. The advantage of home-made rolls (and boxes too) is that you can size the pockets or other tool restraints to suit the handle sizes, tool lengths and even the blade shape. A lot of commercially sold tool rolls are nae gud for certain tool marques, with Ashley Iles larger gouges and chisels having handles too fat to get into a lot of tool pockets, for example.
Leather and cloth can be a medium for condensation and thus for rust to form on any wrapped-up steel - but only if the surrounding atmosphere is going to impart such condensation. Such as atmosphere is going to rust carbon steels anyway, in a leather tool roll or not. The added risk is that you don't notice when they're in a roll or box, unused for significant periods. Best to keep tools out of damp places, if possible. Or put everything (tools and rolls and boxes) into cupboards with effective moisture absorbers/rust preventers in them.
In the workshop (i.e. not ported about the house or to remote jobs) magnetic rails are very useful, as every tool and its shape/type can be easily seen, reached for and replaced. This keeps the bench top clear. You'd also notice any rust, toot-sweet.
One syndrome with many of us tool-wielding types is the cluttered bench, with a dozen or more tools used and put down to eventually build a tool-tangle. This can damage edges, as they dunsh each other during your digging for a tool at the bottom of the tangle. Also, you may withdraw your paw to discover blud! Magnetic tool rails help keep the tools off the bench. Or an organiser like the Beavecraft frame-with-holes can be made to keep the working tools on the bench but tidily and visibly.
https://www.cyclaireshop.co.uk/beavercraft-wood-carving-knife-tool-holder?search=Beavercraft&page=2
You can make it to a size and hole-shape/number to suit your particular tools.
Personally I have a lot of such tools wrapped in leather tool rolls made by my wife, who is adept at the making of all sorts of sewed-up stuff. She also makes leather covers of various shapes and fastenings for the sharp parts of tools - chisel ends, knife blades, axe/adze edges and so forth. The advantage of home-made rolls (and boxes too) is that you can size the pockets or other tool restraints to suit the handle sizes, tool lengths and even the blade shape. A lot of commercially sold tool rolls are nae gud for certain tool marques, with Ashley Iles larger gouges and chisels having handles too fat to get into a lot of tool pockets, for example.
Leather and cloth can be a medium for condensation and thus for rust to form on any wrapped-up steel - but only if the surrounding atmosphere is going to impart such condensation. Such as atmosphere is going to rust carbon steels anyway, in a leather tool roll or not. The added risk is that you don't notice when they're in a roll or box, unused for significant periods. Best to keep tools out of damp places, if possible. Or put everything (tools and rolls and boxes) into cupboards with effective moisture absorbers/rust preventers in them.
In the workshop (i.e. not ported about the house or to remote jobs) magnetic rails are very useful, as every tool and its shape/type can be easily seen, reached for and replaced. This keeps the bench top clear. You'd also notice any rust, toot-sweet.
One syndrome with many of us tool-wielding types is the cluttered bench, with a dozen or more tools used and put down to eventually build a tool-tangle. This can damage edges, as they dunsh each other during your digging for a tool at the bottom of the tangle. Also, you may withdraw your paw to discover blud! Magnetic tool rails help keep the tools off the bench. Or an organiser like the Beavecraft frame-with-holes can be made to keep the working tools on the bench but tidily and visibly.
https://www.cyclaireshop.co.uk/beavercraft-wood-carving-knife-tool-holder?search=Beavercraft&page=2
You can make it to a size and hole-shape/number to suit your particular tools.
Buy leather protectors for the chisels' ends and carry them in a shoebox.
Have you seen the cost of leather protectors for chisel ends? They ain't cheap! A shoe box full would cost a fortune! Better to make them, as you learn new skills (sewing leather and scavenging bits of the stuff from the bins of shoe or even saddle makers).
https://www.classichandtools.com/robert-sorby-leather-edge-guards/p996
When I was a lad, 263 years ago, I carried everything in an ex-RAF haversack stolen by me dad when he got demobbed. It could hold anything although it always got heavier when it rained. Also, it wasn't easy to tell it from all the other ex-forces haversacks after they were all put in a pile or four to make goalposts. I never used it for chisels, mind.
Damn stupid things. Ludicrous price. Lousy design.
If ever there was a case for a 2p plastic moulded product or even a 3d print being a hundred times better that's it.
If making from leather, they at least need to made like a proper knife sheath so that the sharp edge bears on the edge of a third strip of leather sandwiched between top and bottom rather than slicing straight through the stitches
