Anyone have experience with the Grizzly Japanese chisels? Are they decent chisels for the money? Or do you have a recommendation for any other brand of reasonably priced Japanses chisels? Or if you tried Japanese chisels and didn't like them and want to sell your set, send me a PM.
I have a hard time understanding why some Japanese chisels are so expensive - almost $100 per chisel. From what I've read, every Japanese chisel manufacturer purchases the steel from commercial suppliers and uses wrought iron or very low carbon steel as a backing. I realize that some of these expensive chisels are hand made and that may be the reason why they're so expensive. But are there any technical reasons why those hand made chisels should be "better" (meaning that they take a better edge or hold the edge longer) than machine made Japanese chisels which use the same steel?
Mike