Steve

I’m very tempted to buy one of Hannah’s rolls even though I don’t really need one right now.

Cheers!

Rich

It house my collection of Swiss made carving tools, and I stored them cutting edge out, for two main reasons:
I want to see quickly the profile of the gouges, and to me its the only way to securely hold them in such a roll: by their handles.

Thats the way I was taught, and thas the way I still do it. Never loss a tool out of it, and their precious cutting edges are well protected.

Highly reccomend such a tool rool, that Blue Spruce design is a winner and a real inexpensive way to protect our precious metals.

Bob

(i too have lost chisels on the floor when picking up a not-so-well designed tool roll filled with extremely hard and brittle japanese dovetail chisels. The result was predictable, the three chisels that came out hit the floor what seemed like edge first – all of them. All needed to be reground, which is not something you can only do by hand with a triangular cross section delicate edged white steel chisel).

After making a few rolls, I have to say if these are as good as they look, they are well worth the price. Obviously, just making a few at a time like I’ve been doing makes the process more expensive time-wise, as I haven’t nailed streamlining the process; but even when you’ve perfected it, more work goes into these than it looks. It seems like a fun easy sewing job (and it is if you’ve got a bit of experience) but the binding and heavy fabric make things a little difficult. It’s amazing they can sell these for the price they do.

I’m curious about your choice to put the tools point out – even with flaps; I prefer to have my edge ends face down. Of course, most of my chisels are marked on the handle end.

I make mine with the pocket "bottoms" a folded edge, with two layers of fabric, rather than a seam, at the bottom of the pocket to stand up to the cutting edge. ( I often stick a lightly oiled wad of cloth down there as well. ) This stands up better with the ones I’ve made, although that could just be an artifact of my quality of stitchery. I can’t quite tell how these are made from the photos, but I’m certain if Chris gives ‘em a thumbs up, (not to mention that they’re being sold by Blue Spruce) they’re good stuff.

I guess this is a little rambling and pointless! I think the point I was trying to make was tool rolls are great. I throw mine in the toolchest, and the combination of the two helps prevent corrosion problems I deal with with unprotected tools in my occasionally overly damp shop.

My guess is you will need the "large" roll. Check with Dave.