Lee Valley Slick

[kelso]

The lie-nielsen's I own were flat & true on the sole and flat & sharp of blade out of the box. Great performing tools. People always comment about their price, having bought lots of used hand tools, if you sum the price of a decent vintage Stanley block plane, a new good blade, and your labor to get it into shape, the price isn't much different.

The lee valley tools have generally been very good - the plane blades sharp, the plane flat, but some of their chisels have had funky back topography.

Been waiting to hear this - though I think I thought it already!

[Edward Pearson]

One for Jay...

Check out these Japanese slicks that have turned up in Cornwall. The Japanese paper in the boxes is dated 1977. Can anybody read the maker?

[Edward Pearson]

Seems these are "If you have to ask you can't afford it..."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255667224...Bk9SR5qg3pqyYQ

He seems to import high end Japanese tools to Cornwall. Has some cheaper ones.

[sp_clark]

Oldish thread, kindled back to flame with a fresh breath...

Those are some pretty sweet slicks there Edward, I envy the body who can afford 'em, let alone has the skills to both use 'em & maintain 'em the way they deserve.

Can you count the the 'rings' in that bevel close-up? I can't... sure looks to have been 'folded' a lot in the forging....

[Hugh MacD]

WOW! I'm not sure I can even afford to look ​at those!

[sp_clark]

I've got a 2" slick around here somewhere. Had it since about 1978 I think.

Last used to scrape construction adhesive off basement's concrete walls left by the previous owner prior to "Drylok"ing it.

Tried everything I could think of to get the stuff off. Slick gave me leverage and a reasonably wide edge to bust the stuff off with.

I know it'll need some TLC & attention paid to its edge next time I want to use is as it was intended.

Doesn't have a setscrew holding the handle on either.

[Edward Pearson]

After finding slicks too spendy I found Narex do a 1" cranked chisel for £30. I bought one for bung and dowel work on my dinghy. If I remember I ended up flush cut japanese saw and a few swipes of a plane in the end. Hardwood dowels no problem, cedar seemed hard to stop any break out. I think I needed to go around the circumference of the dowel pushing in with the chisel tip bit by bit to avoid breakout seeing how others use it. Hornbeam handle though I don't care for the staining. Just saying these are cheap and cheerfull if anybody wants a bit of small boat flush cut chisel action.






https://www.narextools.cz/en/cranked...ng-chisel-8133


For the same money Two Cherries does a cranked skew (probably even better as it lowers the cutting angle even further by 5 degrees or so for end grain) plus this pointy one...









https://www.kirschen-shop.de/en/-TWO...hisels_c6.html

[Paul Pless]

damn

I've got a 2" slick around here somewhere. Had it since about 1978 I think.

Last used to scrape construction adhesive off basement's concrete walls left by the previous owner prior to "Drylok"ing it.

Tried everything I could think of to get the stuff off. Slick gave me leverage and a reasonably wide edge to bust the stuff off with.

I know it'll need some TLC & attention paid to its edge next time I want to use is as it was intended.

Doesn't have a setscrew holding the handle on either.

[John Meachen]

After finding slicks too spendy I found Narex do a 1" cranked chisel for £30. I bought one for bung and dowel work on my dinghy. If I remember I ended up flush cut japanese saw and a few swipes of a plane in the end. Hardwood dowels no problem, cedar seemed hard to stop any break out. I think I needed to go around the circumference of the dowel pushing in with the chisel tip bit by bit to avoid breakout seeing how others use it. Hornbeam handle though I don't care for the staining. Just saying these are cheap and cheerfull if anybody wants a bit of small boat flush cut chisel action.






https://www.narextools.cz/en/cranked...ng-chisel-8133


For the same money Two Cherries does a cranked skew (probably even better as it lowers the cutting angle even further by 5 degrees or so for end grain) plus this pointy one...









https://www.kirschen-shop.de/en/-TWO...hisels_c6.html

I reach for my Henry Taylor cranked chisels more often than any others.The handle is offset enough that there is comfortable clearance for fingers beneath the handle.

[Peerie Maa]

After finding slicks too spendy I found Narex do a 1" cranked chisel for £30. I bought one for bung and dowel work on my dinghy. If I remember I ended up flush cut japanese saw and a few swipes of a plane in the end. Hardwood dowels no problem, cedar seemed hard to stop any break out. I think I needed to go around the circumference of the dowel pushing in with the chisel tip bit by bit to avoid breakout seeing how others use it. Hornbeam handle though I don't care for the staining. Just saying these are cheap and cheerfull if anybody wants a bit of small boat flush cut chisel action.






https://www.narextools.cz/en/cranked...ng-chisel-8133


For the same money Two Cherries does a cranked skew (probably even better as it lowers the cutting angle even further by 5 degrees or so for end grain) plus this pointy one...









https://www.kirschen-shop.de/en/-TWO...hisels_c6.html

These guys just use a sharp axe.

Watch right to the end.