re: Wood Chisels - Buying, Restoring, Sharpening and Using

One caution on chisel handles - socket chisels, which many people think are the greatest thing ever, are extremely frustrating in the desert. My LN socket chisels sit mostly unused because I can't keep the handles in the sockets. We get a little humidity and the handles swell and back out a little. Then things revert to normal and the handles fall out.

I've tried a bunch of different types, and have settled on the Ashley Iles American Pattern chisels which work pretty well for me.