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Older dastra/new dastra?
bob houghton@slim-pickets
1 Post
Quote from bob houghton on January 27, 2018, 11:42 pm
I have only one Dastra gouge, but I like its heft and size, and it sharpens well with my methods. To me, It seems a lot like old Addis and Herrings. It is short, similar to the medium size pfiel gouges. It has a tapered handle, small, turned, with a bead.
question is, are the newer Dastra tools similar, or the same, as older ones? Mine isn’t terribly old, but doesn’t look, handle-wise, like the new ones, and is pretty delicate in heft. Which is good for what I do.
Thx
Bob
I have only one Dastra gouge, but I like its heft and size, and it sharpens well with my methods. To me, It seems a lot like old Addis and Herrings. It is short, similar to the medium size pfiel gouges. It has a tapered handle, small, turned, with a bead.
question is, are the newer Dastra tools similar, or the same, as older ones? Mine isn’t terribly old, but doesn’t look, handle-wise, like the new ones, and is pretty delicate in heft. Which is good for what I do.
Thx
Bob
MaryMay@marymay
453 Posts
Quote from MaryMay on January 30, 2018, 6:07 pm
Hi Bob,
I have both somewhat older and newer Dastra. The older ones are about 25 years old (not near as old as Addis) and the newer ones are within the past few years. They are both very good quality gouges, hold an edge well, and are good shapes. I've never been disappointed with their gouges. The only thing I would caution from Dastra is their v-chisels can have an extremely sharp inside corner rather than the slight radius on the inside that most others have.
The main difference that doesn't really affect the tool quality is that the older ones are not as "shiny". The older ones have a metal oxide finish (I think that's what they called it back then) and the newer ones are polished with no finish on them.
I have never heard that even the older Dastra are low quality, so I'm assuming the one you have is very good.
FYI - Diefenbacher tools are the only ones that sell Dastra tools that I know of.
Hi Bob,
I have both somewhat older and newer Dastra. The older ones are about 25 years old (not near as old as Addis) and the newer ones are within the past few years. They are both very good quality gouges, hold an edge well, and are good shapes. I've never been disappointed with their gouges. The only thing I would caution from Dastra is their v-chisels can have an extremely sharp inside corner rather than the slight radius on the inside that most others have.
The main difference that doesn't really affect the tool quality is that the older ones are not as "shiny". The older ones have a metal oxide finish (I think that's what they called it back then) and the newer ones are polished with no finish on them.
I have never heard that even the older Dastra are low quality, so I'm assuming the one you have is very good.
FYI - Diefenbacher tools are the only ones that sell Dastra tools that I know of.
