Richter Bevel Edge Chisel 1/8" (3mm)

It's sharp and holds that edge. It's well balanced and the handle, if you want one, is comfortable (I thought I ordered it without the handle, I meant to anyway). Not cheap, but few quality items are.

Not the top of the line in chisels but this was an addition to a set I have of the same brand and I've had good luck with them. To me sharp is all that matters with a chisel, sharpen it correctly and it'll give you great service.

I bought the entire set based on the research by Wood by Wright. (See YouTube). I have not been disappointed. They are great chisels. Appear to be well made. They sharpen easily and hold an edge.

i have an old set (30 years old) of Marple chisels with blue plastic handles and lately have gotten into cutting dovetails. Thought I could improve my skill level with a better set of chisels, not really. I have sharpened my Marple chisels with 1,000 diamond stone, 4,000 & 8,000 Japanese water stones but I had nothing to compare them to. Out of the box the Narex Richter chisels are polished on the back side but not as flat or polished as my Marples were after I sharpened them. Compared the two on some Ash and found my Marples cut better than the Narex. I then sharpened the Narex chisels the same as the Marples and they did a better job but only as good as the Marples, no better. Well at least I know now....

SEE UPDATE BELOW This is a premium tool with excellent construction, design, and material selections. Your number one consideration should be edge retention. For a review on this, allow me to refer you to a certain youtube channel Wood by Wright. Watch his chisel comparison videos, check his data. You will learn that NO chisel steel stands up to chopping very hard woods like this one. It is a close race in some situations and if you're only working with softer wood, you may find other steels will perform the same slightly better. All around, though, The Narex Richter edges out all others. Some of which are 2-3x the cost. The balance, feel, fit, finish, polish of the specimen I received are impeccable. It came sharp but not crazy sharp. This is to be expected because regular honing is part of normal chisel usage. My main complaint, and this is a weak one, would be the lack of a back ferrule. There is no back ferrule to keep the wood handle from checking when hammered; so in order not to deform or dent the pretty handles, I will be sure to hit them only with soft-blow mallets. I believe there are 2 reasons why Narex decided they can get away with this design choice. #1 The wood species of the handle is ash, an incredibly impact resistant wood. Baseball bats and hockey sticks are commonly made of ash. #2 There is a leather bushing between the front socket/ferrule to absorb some impact. Overall, I am highly pleased with this tool and will not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. Thank you taytools for importing these from the Czech Republic. Shipping wasn't free but the packaging was perfect and delivery was fast, so that's fair enough. UPDATE 1 ---------------- I have since acquired several more of the chisels and upon sharpening, I noticed that the backs on all but 1 were far from flat. When checking the back with a machinist's square, you notice that the backs are convex. This is an unacceptable defect for a high-end tool. Even a cheap marples has better flatness than these. Literature shipping with the tools claims that they are ground flat to their smallest production tolerances. This is either false or their production tolerances are questionable. Convex back means the flat side of the chisel has a belly. This is sooo hard to straighten out by hand because even with a perfect lapping film, you are dealing with a tool that will rock along the face being worked on, which means you aren't grinding along the belly only, but will take swipes across the low spots as well. UPDATE 2 ---------------- I got in touch with TayTools about back flatness tolerance. They could not provide any figures; but they offered to refund the chisels upon return, this was months after purchase. I have increased my rating to 4 stars for this gesture.

You will be hard pressed to find better chisels at a better value. These chisels are 1/10 the price of Japanese chisels of the same quality and sheerness and edge retention. Will be purchasing an entire set soon.

Great quality

Penso sia il miglior scalpello come rapporto qualità/prezzo: imbattibile per il prezzo rispetto ai più blasonati scalpelli d'oltre mare e per qualità perchè costruito con le migliori lame utilizzate nelle serie TOP di Narex, che di acciai non è seconda a nessuno.