Two Chisels

[steven c newman]

Decided it was just too nice of a day outside.....time for a road trip.....wound up at an Antique Mall south of here....The Boss, my son, and I spent over 2 hours prowling through the place....and only saw half of the stalls.....

Found one stall.....looked like someone had cleaned out a Sears AND a Woodcraft stores' tool sections...:eek: There was enough to fill the back end of a pickup truck!

Looked over the top shelf full of planes.....didn't see any I really needed, right now. Got to one shelf..with 200+ chisels dumped onto it....dug through, and found a couple non-plastic handled ones....just two. There were others....but, none were really worth it to pick them up......pitted, or used up blades....cracked handles.....so, for $7 and change..
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Biggie is 1-1/4" wide...the wee one is just a 1/4"....
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Not the sharpest tack in the bunch....the wide one does have a name of sorts stamped into the blade..." ----- Tool Co.,then below that..-----ranted.....maybe Ohio Tool Co./ Warranted?
Haven't found any names on the blue wonder...
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Big one has been beat to Ellenback. Not sure IF I'd hit the other handle....
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The blue one tapers a bit from the edge. Whoever said these were sharp...lied.

Still, it was a pretty decent day. Nice family road trip, and Five Guys Burgers for supper:D Was a nice day off from the shop.

[Jim Koepke]

I have a few 1-1/4" chisels and they all get used.

Same with the 1/4" chisels only there are a few more. Recently bought a couple more to grind with a skewed edge. Those are handy for cleaning up dovetails.

jtk

[steven c newman]

I suppose I could try to at least fix that beat up end? Not sure about a whole new handle....need to regrind that nasty edge to try to sharpen it.

The1/4" LOOKS like a mortise chisel...but....the edge has a flaired out profile. Cutting edge is wider that the squared shaft. Might be a clean up tool...

[lowell holmes]

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Here are two chisels I resurrected, an 1 3/4" flat side and a 2" bevel edge.
The handles are oak and the rings are made from plumbing drain pipe.

[Stew Denton]

Steven,

I have read that some of the mortising chisels are flared the way you describe the 1/4" chisel, wider on the front than the back. Thus, I am thinking that it could be a mortising chisel.

Stew

[Jim Koepke]

The side view makes it look like it could be used for chopping a mortise.

Maybe someone added paint for a depth gauge.

jtk

[steven c newman]

Maybe it was a Blue Grass chisel?

Also brought these two items home from another place, Sunday...
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Dollar each....blades are 9" long. Rosewood, brass and steel. Came from a plastic tub marked "Anything in the box $1" OK....happened to look on a shelf above that tub....slightly smaller square...$5? Pass.

Will try to clean these two up, later....

[lowell holmes]

I thought firmer chisels were mortise chisels at one time. I still have some I chop mortises with when I need to.
It is also handy to grind an old beater down to width if you need a strange mortise size.

[Richard Verwoest]

I think the blue chisel may be a Handy Andy.

[steven c newman]

Both have been cleaned up, and sharpened..
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BLO on the firmer chisel's handle, hoop has been fixed. As for the squares..
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9" blades are cleaned up, brass shined up..
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Brass pins in the handles?
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I guess to hold this in place...handles have been given a wipe-on/wipe-off coat of BLO....
Not too bad of a weekend?

[Patrick Chase]

I have a few 1-1/4" chisels and they all get used.

Same with the 1/4" chisels only there are a few more. Recently bought a couple more to grind with a skewed edge. Those are handy for cleaning up dovetails.

jtk

Indeed. I have a pair of 1/4" chisels ground at 11 deg (1:6) for exactly that purpose. I also reground the side bevels all the way to the back.

[Ray Selinger]

Funny how it works, when I started rust hunting, it was 1 1/4" chisels I was finding. Now it's 1".

[steven c newman]

I did try to use the 1/4" chisel......not sure who measured it, but it is a bit wider than the 1/4". I may use the 1-1/4" one to trim tenons with. Back is flat, still working on what bevel to use...right now it is 30 degrees.

Been using the squares quite a bit, lately.....I have a 10" Stanley.....just seems a tad too big.

[Jim Koepke]

Been using the squares quite a bit, lately.....I have a 10" Stanley.....just seems a tad too big.

!0" too big? I have been sort of looking for a14" or one with 12" of exposed blade.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

I did try to use the 1/4" chisel......not sure who measured it, but it is a bit wider than the 1/4". I may use the 1-1/4" one to trim tenons with. Back is flat, still working on what bevel to use...right now it is 30 degrees.

Been using the squares quite a bit, lately.....I have a 10" Stanley.....just seems a tad too big.

It would be easy to grind to 1/4" if you want to.