Just arrived in the mail....

[steven c newman]

After a LONG, Strange trip it's been....
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All the way from Okinawa, Japan
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A bit of rust. Handle was in great shape..
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Backside..
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This is as it came out of the package ( and it even cut the package a bit...)
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I wire wheeled the rust off the hoop. About all I have done to this BIG chisel. Measures out at 1/2" wide.

Haven't found any markings on it, as yet...
$11.50 with free shipping.....:eek:

[steven c newman]

Have found no markings on this chisel, so I have no idea whom made it. Fellow picked it up in Okinawa, then sold it on that auction site.

Handle has zero cracks in it. Hoop is a tad loose...a few days in this Ohio weather should cure that?

Chisel does seem razor sharp.....

[steven c newman]

Handle seems to be bare wood, suggestions on what to apply to the handle? Doesn't seem right for it to go around "Naked".....

[steven c newman]

The japanese style of chisel is rather new to me.....not sure just how to maintain one of these. I doubt IF I have the "proper" stones to hone this thing up.