Originally Posted by
Chris Friesen
Rob Lee has previously said that Lee Valley's Narex chisels are "true" imperial sizes whereas the regular ones are metric.
This has held true with the Narex I've purchased from Lee Valley - if it comes sold/marked in inches, it's pretty dead-on nuts accurate, not "next nearest metric equivalent".
" Be willing to make mistakes in your basements, garages, apartments and palaces. I have made many. Your first attempts may be poor. They will not be futile. " - M.S. Bickford, Mouldings In Practice