Is this a Turning Skew?

[Brian Kent]

I posted some pics of new old tools on Neanderthal Haven. One I couldn't figure out - a 2" wide, 7" blade (11" to end of tang) Winsted Edge Tools Chisel.

It is a skew chisel with a double bevel. It this a turning skew?
I am not a turner (yet) so I don't know the equipment)

Here are some pics:

[Robert McGowen]

I am not sure what type of chisel it IS, but it is not a turning skew.

Not sure, but a quick google search found a photo that looks right and this description:

Winsted Edge Tool Works : "Karpenter" 2" Socket Chisel

[Brian Kent]

I took another photo to show the skew better, but then I saw your point that it is not a TURNERS skew.

[Brian Kent]

I checked out the pictures of the…

Winsted Edge Tool Works : "Karpenter" 2" Socket Chisel

…and I still can't figure out the tang, the skew, and the double bevel.

[Don Eddard]

I'm guessing it's a framing chisel. See the section titled Framing Chisels, 1-1/2 & 2" about 2/3 of the way down this page:

http://www.foxmaple.com/primer.html

[Brian Kent]

Got it. That looks about right. I can start looking at framing chisels now to get an idea about the right handle. Thanks for the help!

Brian

[Bob Smalser]

Why is this not a turning tool? It was certainly ground as one with a skewed knife cutting edge. Additionally, neither face of the chisel is crowned for strength as would be common on a framing or bench chisel. Have you ever seen a thick, 2"-wide firmer chisel with a tang instead of a socket? And it's pretty clean for an old Witherby.....have you tried to hand-hone it to see if it's made from hard and gummy high-speed steel?

Wide, beveled-edge Stanley bench chisels:

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/5090019/123394642.jpg

Crowned face on wide framing chisels and slicks:

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/3302197/68779484.jpg

Winsted Edge Tool Works in Winsted, Connecticut made Witherby chisels through the early 1950's, and there are several old catalogs available to browse. I don't recall ever seeing a lathe tool from them but that doesn't mean they didn't make them for someone, given the century or so they were in business.

That said, there remain plenty of possibilities. You don't see many turning tools with sockets, either: ;)

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/5813427/74603820.jpg

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL12/1104763/5813427/74603564.jpg

[Reed Gray]

The grind on that chisel puzzles me. It could be ground with a sharper bevel and be a skew chisel, or ground with a single bevel for a framing chisel. I have never seen a framing chisel with a double bevel. Maybe some one just ground it wrong.
robo hippy

[Brian Kent]

Combining two threads that have become almost parallel:

Go to:
http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?p=1066293#post1066293

I have a couple of items from old Witherby catalogues, showing a 1-1/2 inch turners skew and a 2" tanged framers chisel, both of which are almost what I have.

[Frank Drew]

It's not a bench, or carpenter's chisel, not ground with double bevels as shown. As far as I can tell it's ground as a skew turning chisel with not much skew and rather blunt bevels, but double bevels nonetheless.