Recommendation for set of chisels?

jk536

Hi everyone.Tend to lurk around here a bit and not really post but i thought id ask for your advice!
im a carpenter who hs gone back to college doin woodwork teaching so im doin a fair bit of bench time.im using my stanley chisels that ive always used but im looking for something with a bit more quality for the joinery/cabinetmaking sides of what im doin.ill keep my stanleys for my nixers i think!
Anyone have a recommendation for a set of chisels (6mm to about 25mm) for about 100 quid?

ronaldo84

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dubtom

Give this site a look,their jap chisels are yum and not too expensive.
http://www.fine-tools.com/stemjap.htm

jk536

Thanks for the replys lads.
Are the bacho one that much different than the stanleys?i thought they would have been around the same,a sort of multipurpose site chisel.

i have been dabbling with the idea of getting a set of japanese chisels but im a little wary of the sharpening process.is it a lot more difficult than a european chisel?
had been looking at these http://www.fine-tools.com/stemmb.htm and they happened to be on that site too.am i better goin down the jap route?

galwaydude18

I use a set of marpels split proof chisels&they are the best i have ever used.they can be got for around80 or 90 euro

Double Barrel

It is different and will take some getting used to but the Japanese chisels will hold an edge better and longer because of the method used to forge the steel.

I am not a believer in the need for matched sets of any tool especially chisels. One can pick up excellent top quality used tools on the internets.
Take a look at bench & paring chisels as a middle ground starting point to work from. Ashley Iles, Lie-Nielsen, Sorby, Henry Taylor, Two Cherries, Hirsch and Nishiki to name a few.
The Japanese chisels are metric widths.
http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=NEXT&StoreCode=toolstore&nextpage=/extra/chiselguide.html