We really, really like Narex's 8116 Cabinetmaker's Chisels, superb steel, fine accurate machining, great profile and a great price, but I couldn't help feeling that the handles would be so much better if they were just a fraction smaller on the smaller sizes. We mentioned it to the management and before you could say "To bylo rychlé!" a sample of the new handle was resting comfortably in my hand!
The first shipment of the new ones arrived today, so we will be dispatching them with the smaller handles as standard when our new website launches (fingers crossed) on December 5th.
In the meantime, please use the shipping comments box to add 'smaller handles please' or 'larger handles please' and we will send you the appropriate chisels.
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I also think that the Narex's 8116 Cabinetmaker's Chisels are very good, but the handle is too fat.
ReplyDeleteCould I buy only one new small handle without the chisel to try it?
Hi Andrea,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your message. All of the ones we have at the moment are fitted to chisels. I will add some loose handles to the next order though.
Cheers,
Matthew
Many thanks, Matthew.
ReplyDeleteNice job Matthew, I look forward to getting a set of these.
ReplyDeleteVery Best
Ken
Matthew, It would be nice to see a 3 or 4 mm chisel Included in the line up.
ReplyDeleteCheers buddy
Ken
Could handles be appropriately sized to chisel size, rather than a single size handle? - makes for much better balanced tools.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what we've done - sorry I should have made that clear in the initial post. The smaller handles are only fitted to the 26mm and below, the larger sizes feel better with the large handle so we left them alone.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Matthew