A chisel by Muller?

[steven c newman]

Stamped as MULLER 22? 7/8" wide chisel came in the mail today...
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BIG, old handle. The top ferrel needed an extra dimple to tighten it up
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So a nail set, the smallest one I had, and a hammer to tighten things up. There was two bevels out on the end of the blade. WAS.
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Anyone hear of a company name of Muller?

Been a busy weekend for chisels...
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Top to bottom
Free yard sale 1/2" "JAPAN"
Re-handled FULTON 1/2" (ebay)
Buck Brothers 1/8" Sash chisel, from a pile of tools from a $2 sale
Muller 22, 7/8" wide chisel.

Might find some use for these....:D

[Kees Heiden]

Sounds like a German name. On http://www.alte-beitel.de/hersteller_d.html you can find 5 chisel makers with the name Muller. (With double points over the u).

[Phil Mueller]

Hey, I think that belings to my great-great grandfather from the old country!
Well, maybe not. As I understand it, Muller with an umlaut over the "u" was the original spelling of my last name. The umlaut indicated a modified pronunciation of the vowel. As such, pronunciation was varied including Muel, Mill, and Mull followed by the "er"
When these folks passed through Ellis Island, the umlaut was dropped and changed to Mueller, Miller, or Muller, depending on how it was pronounced (or understood) at check in.

Interesting enough, is that many today who spell there name Mueller, pronounce it any of the above ways: Mueller, Miller, Muller. Go figure.

I've always hoped to be an heir to the spaghetti or even sprinkler business, but no luck. Maybe a chisel company?
Phil

[Bill Houghton]

Hey, I think that belings to my great-great grandfather from the old country!
Well, maybe not. As I understand it, Muller with an umlaut over the "u" was the original spelling of my last name. The umlaut indicated a modified pronunciation of the vowel. As such, pronunciation was varied including Muel, Mill, and Mull followed by the "er"
When these folks passed through Ellis Island, the umlaut was dropped and changed to Mueller, Miller, or Muller, depending on how it was pronounced (or understood) at check in.

Interesting enough, is that many today who spell there name Mueller, pronounce it any of the above ways: Mueller, Miller, Muller. Go figure.

I've always hoped to be an heir to the spaghetti or even sprinkler business, but no luck. Maybe a chisel company?
Phil

Another driver for the pronunciation may stem from World War II. Anything German was quite unpopular in the United States, and some, maybe many, German-heritage families changed the pronunciation of their Germanic surname to a more English sound, to blend in.

[steven c newman]

Now being sold by puegeot....

[Jim Koepke]

By any chance is the 22 for millimeters?

jtk

[Kees Heiden]

Yes, 22 mm is about 7/8".

[Phil Mueller]

Good point, Bill, May well have been the reason for non-German sounding pronunciations today.

[Jim Koepke]

Another driver for the pronunciation may stem from World War II. Anything German was quite unpopular in the United States, and some, maybe many, German-heritage families changed the pronunciation of their Germanic surname to a more English sound, to blend in.

During the war some changed the name of Sour Kraut to Liberty Cabbage.

jtk

[Bill Houghton]

During the war some changed the name of Sauerkraut to Liberty Cabbage.

jtk
Fixed it for ya. Word translates as "sour cabbage."

[Jim Koepke]

Fixed it for ya. Word translates as "sour cabbage."

Thanks Bill. My spelling is bad enough when it comes to American English. When it gets to other languages all bets are off.

jtk

[Kees Heiden]

Hmmm, Sauerkraut. With some Bratwurst and a pint of Weizenbier please.