Bought this set out of Band Poo.

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50% off. Not bad. Comes with a pouch.

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This might sound like a silly question.
Can you use these chisels with a hammer

What I mean is there are certain chisels where you can only use rubber or wooden mallets. I am just wondering if this set is the same. The striking part of the chisels doesn't look very robust.

Tried looking on the web and speaking to staff at BandQ no joy.

Any ideas guys.

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wooden handle wooden/rubber mallet
plastic handle metal only as a mallet will be dammaged by plastic/metal

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So, this set will be okay to use with a claw hammer.

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It may seem difficult at first! But everything is difficult at first.

What confused me was, When I bought mt Stanley set years ago it said on the packaging. Splitproof and can be used with a hammer.

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It may seem difficult at first! But everything is difficult at first.

They look like Bahco chisels from the pic. Tried sharpening honing the thru tang stanley fat max 32mm chisel today, cripes that was hard work, made from same steel as ball-bearings and bl00dy heck it was hard graft, they are tougher that pretty much any chisel I have ever honed. Worked through a scary sharp principal to 2500 grit paper and ended up with a chrome plated looking blade end that easily removes the hairs from the back of the hand.

Why is the back of my left hand always bald

Mozzy

yes just remember wood on wood anything else is metal as in claw hammer

but to be honest hammers dont get much use as most jobs in a machine age are trimming out where the circular blade dont go
so hand on handle rest chin on hand and use the weight off your head and the strong muscles in your neck to do the work

you can take a 1" chisel and a 1" thick bit off wood and cut a 1" square hole with your chin in a 1 min or so[it will take 2 mins but didnt fit in ]

word off warning
always keep your hand head and work in contact at all time eg never use you head as a hammer

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Id use any £15 chisel set with a hammer
I use a hammer on my plastic handled ones.

Thoose look like they have metal caps on the ends for hammering.

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Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

All my chisels are Marples with shatter proof handles. You can whack buggery out of them with a hammer. I have had my old set for over 20 years. They get regularly abused for wrong applications. My best set only comes out for correct use.

I'll second the marples sets, had mine for years, one set for hardwood and a set for softwood and a cheapo set for everything else including digging out nails etc.

arent the marples sets not as good now though?

I bought a new set last year and just as good as ones I got over 20 years ago.

I have 3 sets........knackered, General work, and the in the box marked Keep Out set.

Is that the £50 set? Had 3 sets of those myself but only 'cos of light fingered &^*%$$

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Yes I think the set was £50 odd and in a box...........the first and second lot I bought had to be got individually as they didn't do sets. The ones in the box seem to be as good as the others though.

can get a kit from itslondon that includes the 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch chissels for something like 80 quid.