Hi!

When I get to the end of a major project I usually clear my desk and have a general tidy up. It’s then very likely that I’ll spend some time making something physical. There’s something about editing video that makes doing woodwork a psychological necessity.

Pretty much the moment I hit “Publish” on the new Vadi course I went out to my shed and got to work cleaning and sharpening my most-used chisels.

As I was slotting them back into their rack, I thought it was about time I upgraded their home. I first bashed out a quick and dirty solution about 6 years ago, and since then I may have acquired one or two more chisels. Most notably the stunningly good Narex “Richter” set. I’d heard about them from woodworking videos online so bought the 10mm chisel, and loved it so much I bought the rest of the set. They are astonishingly good, regardless of price — which is about a quarter the cost of fancier brands. Probably the best price:quality ratio in the chisel world at the moment.

The old rack had slots that fit the regular set (1”, ¾”, ½”, ¼”) from the set they replaced, but there was nowhere for the 10mm (about ⅜”), so it was separated from its friends.

I found a bit of walnut that was long enough, though it had a chunk taken out of it (I forget for what), and came up with this: