re: Spicy White Steel Paring Chisels

yessir on that, and thanks for the compliments - both of you. The steel gets a series of grain refinement steps before it's hardened and I hardness test each of the chisels before proceeding with grinding. Typical difference in hardness vs. the 64 target is usually 1/2 of a point or less. I ironed out the heat treatment before I ironed out the aesthetics as far as making tools - which I think is the right order to go in. It's time consuming to make something that looks nice - if it can't stand out against production tools in use then spending that time on aesthetic things doesn't seem very sensible.