Recent content by Jackthejoiner

Thanks for the info guys I can now sleep at night . The steel in each one looks identical, they are ground to identical angles, without the different makers names you would think they were from the the same factory...... so maybe they are......

Great information. Sorry you are quite right it does say Newgate, my bad!

I'm thinking you may well be correct D_W about them being turning chisels. I'm struggling to find anything similar through research and it's starting to send me mad

No obvious signs of the bolsters being ground off, I'm wondering were they always part of the original cast, or were they sometimes added on later.

Hi guys, so I got dragged to a car boot sale this weekend and found some handle-less firmer chisels with the old pointed tang. On further inspection they looked pretty unused and had the price tag of a mere £3. Needless to say it didn't take much persuading and I was the proud new owner of 4 old...