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   Samson | Mar 01, 2007 06:20am | #1

   Can you post a picture or maybe a link to ones like yours from an old tool seller's web site or ebay's vintage chisels pages?  Buck Bros. made alot of chisels for a very long time.

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   DCarr10760 | Mar 01, 2007 06:22am | #2

   You might want to check out Craftsman Studios out in California.

   http://www.craftsmanstudio.com/html_p/BuckBrosChisels.htm

   The story goes that they discovered an original supply of 1960's era Buck Bros. rough forgings, bench, crank-neck and paring chisels and have had them finished off. 

   I bought a set of the crank-necks and they're nice, but mine had lousy job with the finish grinding.  Of the set of five I bought, I spent hours lapping the backs of two of them.  (they were .010-inches convex across the back).  However, once put right they are very nice and the steel is as good as any.  They might be a good match for yours.

   No affiliation, etc. etc.  just a somewhat satisfied customer.

   David C.

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   Edited 2/28/2007 10:55 pm ET by DCarr10760

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   Walnutz | Mar 01, 2007 11:30pm | #3

   David

   I read your post and had to reply.  While I have a complete set of LN chisels, both paring and bench, I recently came into a set of brand new old stock Greenlee butt chisels.  I just wanted to let you know I share your anguish regarding TRYING to get the backs flat.  So far, I've gotten 2 of the 6 flattened and sharpened.  I'm presently working on the 2" chisel.  What a pain in the a$$!!!!!  I've got at least an hour and a half on 80 grit paper, and the two corners are still 1/8" away from being flat with the rest of the back.  I paid $40  for the entire set, including very nice leather washered ash handles, but it may be a month before I've gotten them into shape.  At the end of each work day, I spend 20 minutes or so sharpening all the tools I've used for the day, and I spend an extra 20 minutes or so on these.  I guess I'll be at it for a while.

   On another note, thanks for posting the Buck Bros. chisels.  The cranked neck chisels are very intrigueing to me, as I don't have any, and have had the occasion when I wished I'd had one.  Are you happy with the quality of the steel, or are they like the garbage sold at the Home Depot. 

   Thanks,

   Walnutz

    

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   DCarr10760 | Mar 02, 2007 12:29am | #4

   Walnutz,

   The steel was okay, as good as any, although being long paring chisels I haven't subjected them to severe use and they've kept an edge.  But I don't use a lot of real hard woods, so I can't say for sure.

   My problem with them is that they look like they were ground on a flat belt without a backing plate and they pressed hard against the belt, rounding the backs.

   You know from our LN chisel discussion that I don't go to great lengths to get the backs of chisels polished, but I do want them flat, particularly crank necks which are used (by me) registered off of the back.

   I worked on the 1/2 and the 3/4, the rest I'll wait until I can talk my company into buying a surface grinder!

   Best Regards,

   David C

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   Troy | Mar 02, 2007 09:21am | #5

   Just a thought about your chisel backs on the old greenlies I have a Samuri bench plane blade that I got out of the defect bin at a store. The clerk said it had a low spot in the corner on so when you tried to flatten it you would end up with the whole thing flat except the corner. I took the blade home and gently tapped the bevel side with a ball peen hammer and then re- flattend it and all was well. I might of been lucky but you might try that.Troy

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   Walnutz | Mar 02, 2007 04:53pm | #6

   Troy

   I've actually seen that movie before, and it didn't turn out very well for me.  I cracked the corner off of an old chisel doing that.  One has to be very careful doing that with steel hardened to the hardness of a chisel (Rockwell 59-62).  I've yet to re-grind that one, as I'll need to remove about 3/8" of the chisel all the way across to get that one in working order again.  Thanks for the tip, though.  I just don't trust myself after what happened the last time.

   I think I'm just  lousy with a ball peen hammer.  I was trying to tighten up the sideways adjuster on an old bedrock plane about 3 years ago, and cracked a corner off the frog with it.  Clumsy oaf!!  I'll leave peening metal to the plane makers like Philip.

   Walnutz

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   Troy | Mar 02, 2007 08:04pm | #7

   I think I was very luck and that I did not have to bend (flatten?) the blade that much. Anyway makes one appriciate a flat blade.
   good luckTroy

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