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   Samson | Nov 30, 2006 08:10pm | #1

   Uh, do they look like this:

   http://www.antique-used-tools.com/R40ChisSet_6.jpg

   Cause if they do, you may not want to mess with them as a set of 6 like this is quoted on this page as being offered for near $900:

   http://www.antique-used-tools.com/stanleychisels.htm

   Is it possible to remove the plastic and add wood?  I don't think it would work if the style is like those pictured, because there is no socket to brace the wood against.  Dunno, but, I think if I were you, I'd just try to buy older wooder versions to replace the plastic ones.

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   woodsplicer | Dec 01, 2006 02:22am | #4

   Yes, my chisels look like those you posted Samson.Thank you for pointing out to me how expensive those chisels are.I am not going to mess around with them.
   Thank you to the others ( Ed. and Troy ) who responded on how to remove the handle.
   Woodsplicer

2. 
   Troy | Nov 30, 2006 08:58pm | #2

   A few years back there was a article about replacing tool handles on chisels and saws and this article addressed that model of chisel in particular. I'm sorry I don't remember which issue it was but it is possible to do it.

   Troy

3. 
   EdHarrison | Nov 30, 2006 10:46pm | #3

   A hacksaw is my weapon of choice.  I do this this all the time with Miller's Falls, Greenlee, Stanley "Fat Max," and (the wonderful) Sandvik chisels from the 1980s.  I prefer wooden handles.  Especially ones from unusual woods. 

   Put the chisel sideways in a machinist's vice and saw all around as close to where you think the top of the tang is.  Once you get the top part of, make vertical cuts down to the bolster.  Wearing eye protection, use your cheapest, gnarliest beater chisel (mine is a Popular Mechanic's) to knock the rest of the plastic off.  Extra style points if you can field strip the plastic in less than two minutes.  Good luck, Ed

    

4. 
   mwenz | Dec 01, 2006 05:09am | #5

   Kaune's prices are generally *very* high--often to the point of being unreasonable.

   A more accurate picture is eBay. Still a set of 6 is spendy. There's currently a set with the buy it now for $250. There's one day left and I doubt they sell. But stranger things have been true.

   The average #40 as non-sets has gone from between a low of two for $20 incl. shipping to a single 1" for $28 incl. shipping.

   But they're your chisels. If you want wood handles, cut and split off the plastic.

   Take care, Mike