I dunno if I would spend $$ on a new chisel. There are LOTS of great old steel available off of ebay and a couple of my fav chisels such as Swan and White came from there at reasonable prices. Even found a matching 1.5" and 2" Canadian made chisel locally too. Very nice steel in it.

Though I did splurge and spend $$ on some LN planes. Worth the $$ and I dont believe Stanley makes anything good in that area anymore.