Gynacology instructions over now the chisel handles are never a fashion parade but a working need. Never thought ever of resale or trading chisels other than where is as is. As in motor cars traders plates and transfers, labels on chisels mean less these days. The best turning I have ever witnessed came from the cutting edge of expert craftsman using a variety of unknown anything.
Used to stand amazed by a guy with just a scruffy old skew chisel freehand cutting 12 foot long 10 inch hardwood posts into memorable shapes, then plonking that one in behind and making near exact copies at speed, when finished smooth as not to need sanding. all in the technique. He was a journeyman Turner.
His lathe was cobbled from bit and pieces, the pulley wheels he turned from timber the bed rough welded to get the length, this in a rough shed in the backyard..
In the final stages of his working life cut short by P Cancer he worked with my mate another pro turner using Vicmarc lathes with four extension modules.
How fortunate we are with modern lathes and chisels to use.
Peter.
