| Another favourite brand of chisel in the workshop | | | | bend very slightly down its length. Sorby have |
| are the blades made by Robert Sorby. These blades | | | | attempted to rationalize this by saying that it is a |
| are made in Sheffield on the traditional European | | | | good sign of a good chisel. This in my opinion is not |
| pattern. They offer a choice of either London | | | | true, worse than that it is misleading. |
| pattern handle or the carvers handle both in | | | | An exceptionally good chisel ruined for me by |
| Boxwood. The size of blade is matched to the size | | | | deceptive marketing and indifferent manufacturing. |
| of handle and the fitting of the blade in the handle is | | | | These would however have to be my purchase of |
| cushioned by a leather washer. Nice. | | | | choice if I were forced to buy a set of chisels right |
| The blades are made from a cold rolled steel and the | | | | now. This would commit me to spending probably |
| bevels ground on these blades are well formed and | | | | five or six hours putting them right, assuming they |
| well executed. The cold rolled steel takes a good | | | | would come to me like deformed steel bananas. |
| sharp edge and holds it for a moderately long time. | | | | To do this I will have to find a flat surface probably a |
| The challenge that we have with these blades is, in | | | | sheet of plate glass, place that on another flat |
| our considerable experience, they are not always | | | | surface maybe a kitchen worktop to support it. Then |
| straight. If you place a straight edge on the back of | | | | I would have to stick with a spray contact adhesive |
| the Robert Sorby chisel good chances are that you'll | | | | a fine abrasive sheet on the flat glass. I would |
| be able to see daylight beneath it. This seems to be | | | | probably start with 150 grit wet and dry. As the |
| created during manufacture. | | | | blade is probably bowed I would try applying very |
| It seems to us that a flat surface is ground on the | | | | light pressure. As I rubbed it up and down the sheet |
| backs of the chisels. They are then put into a | | | | of abrasive the more downward pressure I applied |
| magnetic vice and held flat whilst the bevels are | | | | the more chance I would have of bending the blade. |
| ground in place. The heat created in the blade during | | | | This is not the objective. |
| the grinding process then causes the whole blade to | | | | |