Wound up burning time downtown yesterday afternoon at the antique mall I've had very limited success finding tools that are salvageable and it finally paid off. One of the older gentlemen that works there asked if he could point me towards anything in particular. I said I'm always in the market for chisels that aren't to badly abused. He said theres a booth towards the back with a great big one tucked in a corner by some saws.

Cynical me thought I'd find a masonry chisel or similar but I made my way to the booth in question. Took some digging but I came up with a 3" slick. Looking it over I decided I had to have it (for what - I don't know). I quickly determined the handle was firewood and I suspect someone cleaned it up at some point with scotch pads and perhaps a buffing wheel. The edges aren't dubbed but most of the makers mark is gone - which led to them marking it as a "Brad Spencer" slick.

I suspect it is a Hibbard Spencer Bartlett and Co. based on whats left of the mark "BBARD.SPENCER &" (see photo). I'm happy to be educated otherwise if someone has insight. In the end I waved a $50 bill at the booth owner and that was all she wrote. I'll have some work to do on the back and it'll need some grinding work on the edge as well as the socket. Eventually I'll turn a suitable handle for it. All in all I'm happy to have it.

Photos in the wild and at home with a little better lighting.

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