Hi Jay thanks for the feedback. Sergey Ivin at KharkivForge makes what appears to be well priced well made chisels from quality materials. At least Sergey tells you what steel you are getting, buffalo forge when asked what metal they use they me and told me they used was high carbon steel no other details.
I dont have much woodworking experience, like I have built timber stick houses before and done a bit of trim carpentry albeit not naked wood, as the expression goes a bit of caulking and paint makes a carpenter what he aren't.
There are a few different styles Sergey makes. Links below obviously some are full kits/set but I can probably buy a smaller set and my silly questions.
Mushroom head socket type handles, will these take being pounded with a mallet without a metal retaining right or is this designed to be pushed by hand more like a slick? These are straight
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/679141681/set-of-long-timber-framing-chisel?show_sold_out_detail=1Basically the same thing but angled handle, I assume these are better pushes like as slick?
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/665...sels?ref=pagination&pro=1&page=2Metal ring retainer socket handles. Long
Obviously I would probably get imperial widths as the timber framing books plans etc are all imperial. Going to drive me crazy a little learning and using imperial.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/668643405/set-of-five-big-chisels-with-beveled?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=chisel+timber+framing&ref=sc_gallery-1-15&plkey=d32443523fcaede069b3b7cd6fa3409d0d619b67%3A668643405&pro=1&frs=1
Metal ring retainer socket handles shorter.
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/631...=shop_home_active_30&pro=1&frs=1I assume straight is what I would want except for something I was going to use as a slick.
Any feedback regarding ring bound and mushroom head handles.
Anything else you would consider I would order at the same time a splitting froe, draw knife/rounded draw knife, I see the carpenters axe some people say they use them others never use.
I only really noticed the axe because I am left handed and it was right handed but i could get a left handed one made. I have a couple japanese left handed (asymmetric blade on one, edge on the other and lefty handle on both) knives I like Blue steel #2 and white steel #1 for knives.
Good diamond stones are $$ but last a long time, I do love my Japanese Naniwa Chosera water stones my 5000 and 10000 cut fast and give a razor edge.
