Irwin marples have been renowned for making top quality chisels for well over 100 years generations of carpenters builders and craftsmen have chosen marples for the quality of blades and handles this set of bevel edged chisels are made from extremely high quality steel and joined to the favoured splitproof handles these handles are made from a specially formulated acetate which means unlike most other chisels they can be hit with a standard claw hammer without fear of the handle splitting the