Lee Valley's 1/2" skew detail chisels

[Lowell Holmes]

Robin Lee, Your skew detail chisels are an absolute delight to use when paring the shoulders on a tenon. I expected them to be good for paring tail ends on dovetails, but I was not looking for what they will do on a tenon. :-) What are you going to do for an encore?

[MikeW]

Hi Lowell,

I have and use these very frequently...if the scale of work you do warrants them, try the other detail chisels too.

I use them nearly every day for such tasks as cleaning out DTs, paring small mortises, paring the square mortise for saw bolt heads, etc.

Take care, Mike

[Lowell Holmes]

Hi Mike, I have the detail set and I use them. I bought the skew chisels to fill out the set, thinking I would use them, and I have. My only complaint is there is no room in the box for the skew chisels. :-)

[MikeW]

Hi Lowell,

I made a new box like the detail set out of scrap Mahogany and a piece of 1/8" Baltic Birch ply for the bottom. It now holds the skews as well.

Take care, Mike

[Ba r r y]

I keep my skews in the same roll as my bench chisels and they always seem to find work. Nice tools!