The review looks nice. I have the marples and they work fine for me. One other option is to wander around the local flea market and look for some stanleys or buck brothers with the metal ends. I see them for $1-3 quite often and perhaps as high as $5.
Something similar to the following…
http://cgi.ebay.com/BUCK-BROTHERS-STANLEY-CHISEL-LOT-OF-7_W0QQitemZ140154825553QQihZ004QQcategoryZ13871QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
For them to be useful, you will need a means of sharpening them. You should look into scary sharp or perhaps use tools at your school. I belive I saw a sharpening station in some of your photos.
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