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Theory based guidance is where someone offers guidance whilst lacking practical experience. I clearly stated you incorrectly suggest whacking chisels in an uncontrolled manner which may lead to...

Try Centre Of Percussion. ;) Striking off centre of the sweet-spot on any wooden chisel handle with any frequency or force and you soon damage either the handle, your hand or wrist. Hence the...

I was simply offering a long term craftsman's perspective, as I've worked for many years using all of the chisel options regularly on a professional basis. You're quite mistaken if you're under the...

Whacking things with mighty blows only tends to become necessary if taking part in demolition or when using an underweight hammer or mallet. Heft plays a massive part in one's ability to adequately...

Beautifully executed work. How do they perform in use?

Yes, it is all relative - although I'd never hint that a paring chisel could be used - and mortise can be cranked out at a pace, but the heft behind each blow needn't necessarily increase. This is...

Bevel edged chisels hold up just fine when mortising and - regardless of sharpness - honing a secondary bevel to match the work in hand tends to be key to ease of cut and edge retention, plus...

Try heightening your bench by a few inches and see if it helps. It very probably will help improve matters and especially so if you're trying to work from a low bench.

Gel in-soles for your work...

Unless you've an excellent set of letter stamps or can grave your name tidily, an embossing - name - stamp is definitely the way forward.

I'm sorry it took a while to reply, but my brother-in-law has been working away from home and only returned last night. He's going to check locally during the next few days, but says the second hand...

Surprisingly few - if any - compromises can be found in the Record 311, unless you find yourself in need of both bull nose, chisel and shoulder planes in very quick succession for multiple tasks. An...

The effect from breasting tends to be a more relaxed and constant rate of cut than with a straight tooth line and is often well worth the effort. An accurate gauge of performance could be made if...

While Lee Valley are at fault by their omission and will doubtless remedy the situation to your satisfaction, they should have been contacted and given the opportunity to do so before a public...

If anything, I'd balance the breasted tooth line so it's more central to the blade length and this would make it possible for you to reduce the gap at the nose of the saw plate by half. You can use...

I've two sets of Stanley 5002's (One set being bevel edged and the other firmer chisels) from the early '70's that came with lacquered blades and yes, the lacquer gummed up my sharpening stones when...

Sprung mortise and tenon joints.

I'd not take too much notice of handle markings and medallion, or use them as a strict means of identifying this saw's maker due to it being a combination of two examples, but Franken-tools such as...

Precisely and the same would be the case if I lacked a chisel size or needed a fish tailed chisel sized for a specific purpose. There's no shame in grabbing an inexpensive - old or new - plain...

Although they do look handy, I didn't know of LV's Sidewinder pliers before now. From my perspective concerning grip, I would honestly stick with ordinary carpenter's pincers for nail pulling and a...

My brother-in-law lives in Uxbridge, so I'll give him a call and ask if he knows of a few places in that area.

Does anyone know if the Bronze they use has much - if any - lead content?

I'd keep both :D

Never a problem Andrew ;)

I've never had any problems with slippery handles on Marples Splitproof chisels either, but there's no harm roughing them a little if you do encounter a problem. I...

They're professional quality chisels with excellent edge retention - if my set is anything to go by - and capable of lasting a lifetime's worth of use.

If handles proves too slick during use, you...

It's very similar in appearance to an old "Gent" style hobby tool kit circa late C19th, although nowhere near as well thought out or stocked as any of the originals I've ever seen. Definitely not a...