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I recently bought a some JA Henkels wood carving chisels at their factory sale. Brownells use to sell them, now they've gone to the TWO CHERRIES brand. The normally sell for $25-50, I bought as many as they had for $1-5 each.



So how do you store these so you you can see which is which? Blade up seems like asking for a ride to the emergency room, any ideas? I have about 20 of them.

You can either hang them on the wall in those open loops with a pegboard wall. Or a lot of people roll them up in a cloth pouch with several slots. Then you can just unroll it when you need them.

Store them in a canvas roll and yes the tips are uppermost so you can see them. And yes, they can make a nasty cut. But you'll only do it once....

Holy smokes, you struck it rich. I'd keep them in a box with a dense foam spacer between each. Keep them sharp and strike with a rawhide or wood mallet only. These are what are called your 'good chisels' and are never to be loaned. You only loan your sh!t chisels. Mazeltov.

What do you get back when you let an electrician borrow your chisel? A fork.

I made a wood insert for my Kennedy Chest. The wood tray is the size of the drawer. It has milled 3/4" diameter half circle channels that the chisels nest nicely in.

You might also dipping the cutting surfaces in melted beeswax to prevent corrossion. The beeswax is then easily melted off with a hairdryer/heat gun when you're ready to use them.

Rob,
Nice buy !!!
I store mine in a homemade bench block sharp side up. When I'm cutting the 2 or 3 in use lay about on the bench.

I think you should store them very carefully at my shop. I will make room

I put corks over the ends of some of my smaller carving chisels.

Brent

ONe has a cigar tin over it, the other's are stored in a canvas leather roll. You were really lucky on the tool find. The tin has my youngest Daughter's name on it and the roll was given to me by my other daughter along with a mortising machine. Great Kids.
jas

I use a cloth roll to store them in. The tip about wax is a very good one if you intend to store them for a long time. In my dreams they cost $1-5 each. In real life mine cost a lot more than that. Good find.