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These look just like the set of 8 carbon steel chisels that are available from Harbor Freight (US) for $10. Lots of turners start with them and then add a decent bowl gouge, which both of these sets are missing. I'm sure whoever "Woodstock International" are, they and HF and the rest of the tool gang all buy this set from the same factory in China.These are cheap smallish chisels, but for the price they are very worthwhile for practicing sharpening skills, and grinding into low-use special purpose shapes. I occasionally take advantage of the fact that you can get a sharper edge with carbon steel than with HSS and put a real sharp edge on one of these and use it for final finishing.For the same price, Harbor Freight's set of eight high speed steel turning chisels is a much better buy, they are heftier larger tools and quite credible turning tools.
There are butter-knives in my kitchen drawer that are sharper. I'm angry, because you would think a company would be remorseful about selling you junk.but the long and short of it is that they made money off of shipping charges, plus I have to pay to ship them back, and worst of all they are charging me to take back a product they should have never shipped in the first place. I would suggest going for a more expensive set to start out with (assuming price is an indicator of quality). Instead, I got a set that looks nice but has no edge whatsoever. I just wanted a set of turning tools to play with and learn with prior to getting a really nice set, and all I can say is you get what you pay for.
FOLLOW-UP.I called Grizzly to try and set up a return, but they charge a 10% re-stocking fee to return an item. I didn't expect much, but I did expect them to be sharp to start out with. I really didn't want to have to go through the pain of sharpening them before I used them. I wish Amazon had a phone number to call being as thought they were selling the item for Grizzly. The handles look sturdy and the steel looks ok, but they are far from sharp.
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