Howdy,
I'm working through my dovetail bench project and while I knocked out all of the large dovetails and wedge tenons with my current set of LN chisels I couldnt help but wonder if a set of Koyama-ichi Chu Tataki nomi's would be more successful.
The issue I have with the LN's has been the edge holding when going through white oak. I've microbeveled the edge, but I do not like to put a heavy angle on them because they then become less useful for other tasks. If I had to guess I'd say I'm putting about a 35 degree bevel on them.
I'm being romanced by the idea of heavy duty white steel chisels and a 24 oz steel hammer.
I dont need a whole set, so I'll probably end up getting 4-5 of those and a two mortising chisels for the mortises I most commonly make.
Any thoughts are appreciated, wondering if this is worthwhile, or if the siren song of Japanese chisels is just that.