Marples chisels: trying again

[Bill Houghton]

I owned some Marples chisels, purchased new, back in the 1970s.  I found them frustrating: they chipped way too easily.  So I got rid of them.  Today, at a moving sale, I gave in to temptation, and purchased a full set of Marples chisels with boxwood handles, nearly unused although a touch rusty.  We'll see if I have the same issues, or if I'm smarter now and thus better able to use them.

[Yadda]

Good luck!

[lptools]

Hello, Bill. Sounds like you found a good set!!! Regards, Lou

[Plyerman]

Good luck with that whole being smarter thing!

[Downwindtracker2]

I find the William Marple and Sons chisels, (pre '61) to be excellent chisels.

[Bill Houghton]

A few months after getting those, I had the opportunity to buy a set of Lee Valley PM-V11 chisels below retail, and pretty much unused; so the Marples chisels have gone into storage, for when I have time to clean them up and, probably, sell them.

[Downwindtracker2]

OK, now you have the very best available chisels out there. Great choice. They were designed to be sharpened with Japanese water stones, BTW.

[Bill Houghton]

OK, now you have the very best available chisels out there. Great choice. They were designed to be sharpened with Japanese water stones, BTW.

I hope they'll be able to handle being sharpened with diamond stones.