AFTER PLACING YOUR ORDER, I WILL EMAIL YOU TO CONFIRM YOUR CHOICES FOR THE SOCKETS/FERRULES AS WELL AS YOUR HANDLE OPTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SPECIFY THESE IN THE NOTE SECTION DURING CHECKOUT.

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS ONLY ONE SET OF PINK IVORY HANDLES AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.

IF YOU CHOOSE AN OPTION THAT HAS AN ADDITIONAL FEE, I WILL EMAIL YOU AN INVOICE SEPARATELY.

• Powder Metallurgy HSS blades, cryo treated with 60-62 HRC hardness, precision ground and hand polished

• Lathe turned sockets and ferrules - options include Brass, Blackened Brass, Damascus Steel, and Stainless Steel (Blackened Brass, Damascus Steel, and Stainless Steel are an additional $200)

• Hand turned wood handles - options include East Indian Rosewood, Ebony, Orange Boxwood, and Pink Ivory (only one set of Pink Ivory available)

• Overall length varies depending on width of blade but between 10 1/4” to 10 3/4” long

• Handle is approximately 1 1/8” at its widest

• Handle length varies depending on width of blade but between 3 3/8” to 3 7/8”

• Factory sharpened with primary bevel between 20-25 degrees and a secondary bevel between 32-35 degrees (depending on width of blade)

• Handmade in Australia

• Questions? Please contact us.

Sets shown are examples only. They are not the actual sets available.

As a keen woodworker and student of Richard Finch Fine Furniture, Trent Powrie noticed it was hard to get high quality chisels in Australia. With a mechanical and engineering background, he knew it was possible, so he started using D2 steel with some success. Wanting even better results, he started experimenting with HSS M2 with varied results. With persistence he worked out the specific heat treatment regime required to utilize the wear resistance of HSS and create the toughness required for chopping with a chisel. Provided you don’t hit a nail or drop them on the floor, these chisels hold their edge 5 times longer than tool steel and 7-10 times that of carbon steel. They are surprisingly easy to sharpen considering the steel’s wear resistance. If you think about other HSS applications in woodworking, they are demanding so in a hand tool cutting they really shine.

Harold & Saxon starts with German Bohler S600 HSS round bar. They turn the round tang & thread for attachment to the socket. Then they hand-machine all six surfaces of the chisel slightly oversize to allow for small movement in heat treatment. Heat treatment is done by a state-of-the-art computerized vacuum furnace; the time, temperatures, and cycles must be precise for HSS, especially for the Harold & Saxon heat treatment regime. This includes a cryo treatment and an additional temper to gain the best results. Typically, HSS can achieve high Rockwell hardness up to 65 HRC but these blades are tempered back to 60-62 HRC while retaining the wear resistance of the steel. The sockets and ferrules are turned on metal lathes from brass stainless, all fit to beautiful hardwoods mainly from Outback Australia. Each handle is hand turned and weighted to suit the blade size, making these the only truly handmade Western style chisels on the market. Once the blades are hardened and tempered, all surfaces of the blades are precision ground and hand polished. Finally, each part is assembled into a beautiful, ergonomic hand tool to last generations.