WTB - Mortise Chisel 1/4"

[Jason Meinholz]

Good morning,

Looking for a new or lightly used 1/4" mortise chisel. Preferably Iles, LN, or Veritas. Never chopped mortises by hand, but wanting to give it a try. I'm located in WI.

Thanks!

[Jim Koepke]

Jason, have you thought of looking at a Narex mortise chisel?

I purchased one, this is one project were it performed as well as can be expected of a mortise chisels > https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?262272

It worked quite well on my gate project, cutting over two dozen mortises. It has also performed very well on other projects.

jtk

[Robert Hayward]

If you want to stay on the upper end of the price scale take a look at the IBC chisels Rob Cosman sells. I have the 3/8" and a 1/2" mortise chisels with no complaints.

[Jason Meinholz]

Jason, have you thought of looking at a Narex mortise chisel?

I purchased one, this is one project were it performed as well as can be expected of a mortise chisels > https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?262272

It worked quite well on my gate project, cutting over two dozen mortises. It has also performed very well on other projects.

jtk

Thank you for the recommendation Jim, I had looked at Narex. I think Narex makes a fine enough tool, especially for how little I might actually end up using a mortise chisel. That in the end though is what swayed me to a conventional bolster style, and quite frankly, "pretty" was also a factor since I will probably look at it more than I actually use it!

I ended up buying a new Ray Iles from TFWW, couldn't be happier with it!

[Jim Koepke]

Glad to read how this turned out.

jtk