The prices out there on the sweetheart chisels are certainly dropping– I’ve seen (and bought) them for as little as $145.50 (shipped) for the 8-piece set. At that price it puts them smack dab in the middle of the pack between the cheap (narex, marples, etc,) at around $12 each and the expensive (Lie-Nielsen, Ashley Iles, G Wade) at around $25 each.
Lawrence

How is it that a supposed premium product needs extensive flattening, re-grinding, and falls apart at the slightest touch? Why is it that anyone would accept this?

Your editorial in the April 2011 issue was spot-on. We as woodworkers and as a people need to reject low quality merchandise out of hand. Our support (financial and otherwise) needs to go to those producing actual quality – not perceptions of quality. If that means spending more, and having less, ok.

Sorry for the rant, I’m getting cranky in my dotage.

Best regards,

Robert Troup

I meant to ask this yesterday and didn’t get a chance…do we know exactly what makes this work? Is it really a case of “aerosolized plastic?” Just curious.

And, as to the crackers comment, I recall Dennis Miller once saying that “Cheez Whiz isn’t something you eat, it’s something you see a urologist for.” Hope I didn’t step over the line with that one, just thought it apropos.

Thanks.
Mike T.

I always say.