Andy Pratt
08-31-2013, 4:31 PM
I was recently given a set of Japanese chisels by a customer and I am looking to get an idea of their type/brand/quality/value so that I can decide what to use them for. I already have a set of lie-nielsen socket chisels and those will stay my main shop set regardless of what these are. If it turns out these japanese chisels are somewhat low quality I'll use them for jobsite chisels and if they are higher quality I will keep them in the shop and take good care of them.
No maker's marks are visible anywhere except "japan" and the only thing you might not see from the pictures is that the socket portion of each chisel appears to have been put together out of two pieces, with a line visible in the same spot on each one. Either that or it is a scoring mark from some part of the manufacturing process. 269753269754269755269756269757269758
No maker's marks are visible anywhere except "japan" and the only thing you might not see from the pictures is that the socket portion of each chisel appears to have been put together out of two pieces, with a line visible in the same spot on each one. Either that or it is a scoring mark from some part of the manufacturing process. 269753269754269755269756269757269758