tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post7655692947064556468..comments2022-05-08T12:40:11.093+01:00Comments on Musings from the Workbench: Shark WeekAlfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-16446481069395597932011-11-18T15:43:39.890+00:002011-11-18T15:43:39.890+00:00Ok. Hrmm. As it turned I was wrong about the shark...Ok. Hrmm. As it turned I was wrong about the shark being a fish. Or, rather, I was right, but only partially, because the chisel in Alf's blog does indeed depict a shark. So sorry about that. <br /><br />The actual truth is as allows, if we are to believe the lore of old norse woodworkers. <br /><br />Erik Anton Berg, the notoriously famous toolmaker of Eskilstuna, The Sheffield of Sweden andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-78601738246484466532011-11-11T22:26:47.559+00:002011-11-11T22:26:47.559+00:00Hi Alf,
In order to keep this very short, I love y...Hi Alf,<br />In order to keep this very short, I love your blog. Not that it matters at all in this case. But what matters is that Erik Anton Berg was for chisels what Henry Disston was for hand saws. It's just that you people in the UK doesn't know it. I don't own a single plastic handled Berg chisel. But I do own a good few older Berg chisels, and they're the best I've got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-47000875976923918172011-10-29T02:24:33.394+01:002011-10-29T02:24:33.394+01:00Hi Alf
I got handed six of these recently by a ne...Hi Alf<br /><br />I got handed six of these recently by a neighbour who was clearing out his shed, one marked berg and the rest had the Bahco badge.<br /><br />From my testing and from what others say the darker red handled ones are better steel, the lighter red ones are decent and the newer orange handled ones are rubbish. I've tried the first two so can agree, I haven't tried the new Andrewhttp://andrewswoodworkblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-74665776371186072042011-09-30T13:42:02.152+01:002011-09-30T13:42:02.152+01:00But are Berg and Bahco 1031 exactly the same chise...<i>But are Berg and Bahco 1031 exactly the same chisels?</i><br /><br />Now that is the $64,000 question. I have no idea. As to the bevel edges, I noticed the other day that Jim Kingshott seemed to take it as read that if you wanted a finer bevel, you just went ahead and ground one. <br /><br />Oh, and I noticed Workshop Heaven has some of the Bahcos up on eBay, if you like to be the guinea pig..Alfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-72187365941658428012011-09-28T22:13:56.018+01:002011-09-28T22:13:56.018+01:00I like your chisels series but it is dangerously i...I like your chisels series but it is dangerously interesting, I looked again for the price of Bahco 1031 chisels. Workshop Heaven seems to have stopped selling them recently, but I found them online in the Netherlands. <br />Garrett Hack uses them. But are Berg and Bahco 1031 exactly the same chisels? <br />I only have some Bahco 414, even if they have a bevel they seem closer to firmer chiselsDamienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311867532761788462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-34831765275201364732011-09-27T18:38:02.136+01:002011-09-27T18:38:02.136+01:00Hah! Someone needs to catalogue the selachian faci...Hah! Someone needs to catalogue the selachian facial expressions on Berg chisels as a matter of urgency. Brilliant. Thanks for that piece of tool nut pub quiz trivia, Chris :)<br /><br />EG, I love the barley sugar handles for looks, but bitter experience with an abused screwdriver of my father's with such a handle has caused me to hate them when it comes to actual use. More by association Alfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08369678599909261508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-80860198928668775592011-09-27T13:06:15.991+01:002011-09-27T13:06:15.991+01:00This year I met some Danish woodworkers who had a ...This year I met some Danish woodworkers who had a good selection of Berg chisels from all eras. They pointed out something very interesting -- the older the tool, the angrier the shark is on the logo.<br /><br />Recent sharks are almost smiling....Chris Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742348342763630688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-14618725070558863472011-09-27T11:40:16.372+01:002011-09-27T11:40:16.372+01:00All I can say is that it's a good thing that s...All I can say is that it's a good thing that some computer somewhere has and will continue to store your blog utterances as that was such a funny and engaging tale that I admit to having laughed quite out-loud more than once.<br /><br />Let's face it we're all a bit of a tool-junkie at heart (maybe not to your lofty and seriously nose-bleed threatening heights though Alf) and I'llAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069163.post-89926772048139627252011-09-27T10:58:32.959+01:002011-09-27T10:58:32.959+01:00Hi Alf
Know what you mean about plastic handles. ...Hi Alf<br /><br />Know what you mean about plastic handles. But I've always been strangely attracted to the handles of the Marples Splitproof range. Same oval section as your Berg but with a clear amber quality that reminds me of barley sugar.....<br /><br />EvergreenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com