Blue Spruce Bench Chisels and a Live edge slab

[Mark Singer]

I just received a wonderful set of the Blue Spruce Bench Chisels. Although I have not really used them , they seem very comfortable. Longer than a LN shorter than a Stanley 720 . They are laying on a live edge piece of walnut given to me by a friend . I have a coffee table in mind with some dovetails and through wedged tenons. I might do a bit of show and tell as I proceed. The slab was warped and paid a visit to Dirk at South Coast sanding. My shoulder has been healing for months now from lifting weights. The final surface I will plane by hand. This is a nice compliment to my Blue Spruce Dovetail chisels.

[Bruce Page]

Those are very nice. Were they a long lead time item?

I have a Blue Spruce marking knife that I like a lot.

[Mark Singer]

Bruce,
I got them from Dave Jeske and it took about 3 weeks.

[Jim Koepke]

If they work as good as they look, then they are fabulous.

jim

[John Keeton]

Mark, those are beautiful! I love my dovetail chisels from Dave. Did the case come from Dave, as well? Also, he got a fishtail chisel mixed up in your order that I think was to go to me You can just send it on if you would!

[Mark Singer]

Mark, those are beautiful! I love my dovetail chisels from Dave. Did the case come from Dave, as well? Also, he got a fishtail chisel mixed up in your order that I think was to go to me You can just send it on if you would!

The case was not from Dave. The fishtail was and it must have got mixed up??

[Jim Nardi]

I do love a pretty chisel.

[Jim Becker]

Those look wonderful, Mark! Works of art to work your art!

[David Song]

I have serious TAS for Blue spruce long paring chisel.

[Danny Burns]

. Although I have not really used them , they seem very comfortable. Longer than a LN shorter than a Stanley 720 .

Can you tell us how long they measure. Thanks and hope the shoulder is healed nicely!

[Bob Easton]

Can you tell us how long they measure. Thanks and hope the shoulder is healed nicely!

The Blue Spruce web site has specs:
http://www.bluesprucetoolworks.com/tools/index.htm
and
http://www.bluesprucetoolworks.com/c...H&keywords=all

[David Keller NC]

Mark - What I'd be very interested in is your impression of the edge-holding ability of these bench chisels after you do a bit of pounding on them in walnut. I have the BS skew chisels and a set of paring chisels - they hold their edges better than anything in my shop, including all of the plane blades and chisels. However, I can't pound on these, so I've little idea whether this superior edge holding ability means they're hard enough to chip if used with a mallet in hard wood.

[David Song]

Mark and other who have BS chisels, can you share your opinion as to how BS compares to Lie Nielsen?

I have bad case of TAS for BS but I just don't seem to understand what makes them so much more $$$ than L&N's.

[Ben Rafael]

Mark and other who have BS chisels, can you share your opinion as to how BS compares to Lie Nielsen?

I have bad case of TAS for BS but I just don't seem to understand what makes them so much more $$$ than L&N's.

They look nicer; aside from that I would also like to know what makes them worth more.
Off hand I'd say their collectible value down the line will probably be higher since they are produced in smaller numbers.

[Mark Singer]

I had an early set of LN chisels and they never held an edge well. I sent them back to LN and they tested them and said the steel was on spec. I use very hard woods and I have many LN tools which are terrific. The chisels were good in every respect except edge holding. I will let you know about these once I use them. My Higher end Japanese chisels rarely need sharpening by contrast