Thanks for posting! I think you’ll love your chisels. I got my set about 2 years or so ago. They are among my “fine” tools assortment. They are so perfect for dovetails!! They stay sharp a good long time (I think that’s the cryo hardening process they use). They are flat and will take a very keen edge. Perfect for hardwoods, but work exceptionally well on softwoods that will dent so much easier than a hardwood. Trying to get a nice dovetail on a spaulted soft maple is tricky, but the Richters work very well. Enjoy!! :)
I appreciate the response! Chisel’s weren’t that big a deal for me and then I cut some dovetails in ash and Oh Man! I had to use some Narex mortise chisels to bust out the waste! So I look forward to prepping the edges to see what they can do. I plan to put them to work making a new portable Moxon vise for teaching hand cut dovetail work. The design I came up with should be a fresh idea on TH-cam and I am documenting it to share. Thanks again!
Some of the furniture I make I use ash for drawer, slides, and I think a lot of the fine furniture out there uses a pretty soft, secondary wood on the interior. I need some pretty serious chisels to knock out the dovetails if I’m using ash. I was chopping out a Moxon Vise block with some Japanese chisels from Woodcraft and the edge got all chipped up. I am looking forward to doing some testing with these chisels to see how the edges hold up cutting hardwoods.
Thanks for posting! I think you’ll love your chisels. I got my set about 2 years or so ago. They are among my “fine” tools assortment. They are so perfect for dovetails!! They stay sharp a good long time (I think that’s the cryo hardening process they use). They are flat and will take a very keen edge. Perfect for hardwoods, but work exceptionally well on softwoods that will dent so much easier than a hardwood. Trying to get a nice dovetail on a spaulted soft maple is tricky, but the Richters work very well. Enjoy!! :)
I appreciate the response!
Chisel’s weren’t that big a deal for me and then I cut some dovetails in ash and Oh Man!
I had to use some Narex mortise chisels to bust out the waste!
So I look forward to prepping the edges to see what they can do.
I plan to put them to work making a new portable Moxon vise for teaching hand cut dovetail work.
The design I came up with should be a fresh idea on TH-cam and I am documenting it to share.
Thanks again!
Man you dont need these chisels the old boys in france and uk used firmer chisels to make louies the 5 th fine furniture
Some of the furniture I make I use ash for drawer, slides, and I think a lot of the fine furniture out there uses a pretty soft, secondary wood on the interior.
I need some pretty serious chisels to knock out the dovetails if I’m using ash.
I was chopping out a Moxon Vise block with some Japanese chisels from Woodcraft and the edge got all chipped up.
I am looking forward to doing some testing with these chisels to see how the edges hold up cutting hardwoods.