Narex 8112 Mortice Chisels Reviews

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The chisel blades of these 8112 Narex mortice chisels are correctly trapezoidal in section and have been neatly CNC machined from Chrome Manganese (CrMn) spring steel, which was developed for Narex specifically for the purpose of making edge tools. This means that Narex mortice chisels take and hold a superb edge. Handles are made from Stained beech with chromed steel ferrules.
The Narex 8112 mortice chisels are accurate, hard and immensely tough: serious tools and seriously good value for money.
Size
Overall Length
Handle Length
Useable blade Length
SKU
4mm (⅛")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5¾")
135mm (5¼")
811204
5mm (¼")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5⅞")
135mm (5¼")
811205
6mm (¼")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5¾")
133mm (5¼")
811206
8mm (⅜")
295mm (11⅜")
145mm (5⅜")
133mm (5¼")
811208
10mm (⅜")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5⅝")
133mm (5¼")
811210
12mm (½")
295mm (10⅜")
147mm (5¾")
135mm (5⅜")
811212
14mm (½")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5¾")
135mm (5¼")
811214
16mm (¾")
295mm (11⅝")
145mm (5¾")
135mm (5¼")
811216

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“I have three of these, 16mm, 12mm, 6mm. All Great. I do prefer a slightly steeper angle on my chisels and it took me an age to grind (by hand on a stone) but well worth it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Narex chisels are inexpensive, eh? Yet they are high quality, in design, materials, manufacture and function. Mortise chisels need to be as they get some hammer (literally). Some other inexpensive brands (still twice the price of the Narex) fail these quality criteria, in my experience. They are misshapen, take on age to flatten/sharpen and are either too soft or too brittle for the chopping. Not Narex - it took me 12 minutes to rub off the protective goo, polish the already flat back at the chopping end along with the sides (to make sharp mortise-wall scraping edges) then put on a 35 degree micro-bevel. A quick test chopping an 8mm wide X 30mm deep X 40mm long mortise in a chunk of English oak waste resulted in a good clean rectangular hole and an edge that remained sharp if not the scary sharp it started as. Will they pass the test of time? They look and feel resilient so I suspect they will - certainly for a hobbyist like me who'll be chopping mortises in the tens per year rather than the hundreds. With this degree of quality and function, it must surely be pointless spending 5X - 7X more on a posh version from those big North American makers, no matter how good they undoubtedly are. Perhaps I'll round the Narex front-to-bevel transition and polish the handles a bit, just to get that "posh & expensive" look? :-)”

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Posted 4 years ago

“A good basic tool chopped out the mortice joints no problem. Saved me buying an expensive bench machine. A set of the 3 biggest sizes would be useful. Company service excellent.”

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Posted 10 years ago