finished the parers. it may look like the handle on the next to smallest is too short compared to the smallest, but it's a trick - I never evened the length of the chisels out, so I slid it down a little else the bevel end looks like a finger that got in a jointer.
grinding blades back to make them all identical length isn't my specialty.
Total cost to make a set of chisels like this (after you make some that you have to throw away - I don't know, that part goes away with some experience) is about $125. It depends on how much grinding and what handles.
I know the tradition was to use relatively inexpensive wood for handles, so I don't make handles out of ebony (I have a lot of it, it just starts to border on being prissy at some point, and these aren't that).
There is one step left on these before I box them and send them off - tape off the bolsters and finish a thin french polish on the handles until the pores are mostly gone. then if they're used ( I sure hope they get used), the person using them just needs to touch up shellac every decade or so of actual use to keep them nice (and the pores will stay filled).
I did put a maker's mark on them, but it's on the underside, stamped into the metal, not printed on (I hate that). I guess an etch would be permanent, but etch or laser would be very undude on this style of chisel.
