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Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 2:26 pm
by Chris Hall
I happened to find myself on Christian Becksvoort's site today - see
http://www.chbecksvoort.com/forwoodworkers.html -and noticed he has a set of chisels for sale:
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He want's a mere $5875 for the 7-set, in other words $840/chisel.
Re: Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 4:29 pm
by Chris Pyle
Ha ha, but they have a custom made case thrown in for free at that price
Apparently, no one else is capable of having custom chisels made to these specs. The document detailing their creation was destroyed. Upon their completion, these chisels emitted a light so bright the document could not resist the temptation to burn away leaving nothing but the radiating magnificence of the creation left behind.
A bargain at any price.
Re: Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 6:00 pm
by Chris Hall
I wonder if he paid anything near that for the set?
Re: Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 10:34 pm
by Brian
Lol, one would hope not. The most Gucci'd out Tasai chisels on Iida's site are $300~ each retail, so that's more than double.
I am genuinely curious as to why they're so heavy looking, they look like a merge of dovetail chisels and mortise chisels.
Re: Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 10:51 pm
by Chris Hall
Maybe he's charging $3000 for the box?
Re: Outrageous price of the week
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 11:59 pm
by Brian
Well it is quite a nice box, having a locking pin and so forth.