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   BG | Jan 12, 2005 12:59am | #1

   redrock1,

   They may not be worth it in Brooklyn...but the used complete sets I've seen of Everlasts sell for $100 per chisle...you'll probably have the nicest chisels on your block in SE PA....lol

    

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   redrock1 | Jan 12, 2005 01:42am | #2

   i never heard of  "everlasts" and it's nowhere on the chisel

   len

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   BG | Jan 12, 2005 02:31am | #3

   redrock1,

   Do your chisels look like this...

   http://www.patented-antiques.com/Backpages/T-F-S/edge%20tools/stanley_everlast.htm

     

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   redrock1 | Jan 12, 2005 07:53pm | #6

   my handles are not wood but black plastic.  i just got off the phone with stanley and they told me the only difference between the ones you picured and mine is the handle.  he said the steel is identical.  what do you think?

   len

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   BG | Jan 12, 2005 08:54pm | #7

   redrock1,

   As Rick said, and I'm sure others would chime in, absolutely.  My father left me some hardware store stanleys from the 50's that were real cheap.  Sometime during the 50's early 60's a fat little kid used those chisels as screw drivers, to open cans and whatever else came along.  When I started to get interested in making sawdust I went out a bought a few new chisels and put those old stanley's in the drawer.  Slowly but surely they crept from the drawer to my workbench after passing by the sharpening bench....no, LN, Two Cherry, Hirisch or Sorby have not ask if they could borrow them to copy for their new model...but they do work well.  They sharpen quickly, hold a reasonable edge and their shortness works well in a butt chisel mode. 

   You'll find plenty of appropriate uses for yours as time goes on. If they are long as in the picture, I like chisels like that for morticing....easy to keep straight, strong enough to do the job...thick enough to not turn in your hand when cleaning the sides...  

    

   Edited 1/12/2005 12:59 pm ET by BG

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   DougU | Jan 12, 2005 07:42am | #4

   I'm curious to here the responses to this question.

   I had to buy mine, got a set of 6 of the black handled Stanleys for $8 at a flea market.

   I use them all the time. I don't think they are as good as the old wood handled ones, I have a few of them and these black ones do not seem quite as good.

   If any one knows when Stanley made them I'd appreciate the info.

   Doug

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   RickW | Jan 12, 2005 07:38pm | #5

   Yes, they're worth sharpening and using.
   If I remember correctly, the Stanley #40 has a longer blade and a different handle(black plastic) than the more common #60, which has yellow plastic handles.The 40's are a decent chisel. The 60's are too soft to keep a decent edge.
   I've used some, and they seemed to take a decent edge and keep it for a reasonable length of time.
   Besides,you can't beat the price!
   Rick W.