Whisch Butt Chisels???

[SVB]

Folks,

I am in the market for a set of butt chisels.

The two contenders I have found are the crown set and the set by Pfeil.

Any thoughts / experience of the above or are there others to consider?

Thanks

Simon

 

[OPJ]

Have you seen the Ashley Iles butt chisels? I'm sure a few members on here have them.

 

[woodbloke]

I've seen the Pfeil set and they are very good...Waka's got a set - Rob

 

[wizer]

I'd go for the AI's personally (If I didn't have a set of vintage socket chisels :lol: )

 

[Tom K]

I'd go for the AI's personally (If I didn't have a set of vintage socket chisels :lol: )

Yebbut your sockets aren't butt's so you can still buy them 8)

 

[wizer]

They will be is I turn some little handles for them :-$

 

[Tom K]

They will be is I turn some little handles for them :-$

Don't let the moaners get to you Tom its an opportunity to buy more stuff.

 

[Derek Cohen (Perth Oz)]

Are the butt chisels for a specialist purpose?

Essentially any Japanese bench chisel, even the cheap ones, will wipe the floor with all Western butt chisels. I have used very basic Iyorois for about 10 years. Better edges and edge holding. Hit them as hard as you like.

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I have a set of Crown paring chisels 1/2" cranked, left and right skew and a butt, quite nice a little to polished (rounded corners) but the butt is a nice controllable little chisel very handy. They some times come up on Ebay as a set ot induvidually, there are a few on at the moment http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trks ... Categories


Pete

 

[Chris Knight]

Pfeil make good carving chisels; I suspect their woodworking chisels are probably better than Crown.

 

[woodbloke]

Pfeil make good carving chisels; I suspect their woodworking chisels are probably better than Crown.

They are...much better :wink: - Rob

 

[yetloh]

+1 for the Iyorois. I agree with Derek's comments.

Jim

 

[woodbloke]

They will be is I turn some little handles for them :-$

If you have LN's...

...why do you need butt chisels?
...and if you look carefully on the underside of that cabinet, you can see where I've filled in a biscuit slot that was in the wrong place , good job it t'wern't a domino...would have gone right through - Rob

 

[wizer]

Do the handles on the LN's come out easily or is there a trick to making them stick in there but easily remove them when needed? I've got it in mind to have three sets of handles, the mid-length ones being the main used and the others for certain applications, as/if needed.

 

[woodbloke]

Do the handles on the LN's come out easily

Tapometer...put the blade in the vice - Rob

 

[bugbear]

...why do you need butt chisels?

I've often seen evidence that socket chisels can be used with a metal hammer, and no handle at all :-(

BugBear

 

[wizer]

I've seen a lot of that since I bought my Greenlees, on eBay. Lots of socket chisels with the top of the socket rounded over from being bashed :evil:

 

[Alf]

Heh. I can imagine someone finding a chisels with such a short handle in years to come and marvelling how the handle was worn down with use quicker than the blade. :lol: