I am a small carpenter who does small jobs at home to make a few bucks, ideally I would like do this full time, but I digress. The blanks I made for these chisels are perfect for cleaning grooves, shaving tenons and smoothing out joints, it's just a job, I originally thought Irwin-Marples but they had bad reviews, and we have a lot of stuff from the Stanley Fatmax brand anyway, the quality has never let me down so I went with the one I trust and other reviews affect me a lot too. The best is to