A Few Small Chisels

[Richard T]

Now I have finally found my camera I thought I would post the chisels I bought at the MacTimbers open day last month. All from Brian Jackson.

From left to right: an out cannel, small, deep gouge by Herring Bros. London. I don't have anything else by them, it has a Beech handle but it fills a gap in the 'set' as I don't have anything with that profile.

The other six are all Sheffield makers with well marked Box handles.
Here are two Wards and a Sorby with penny for size. All in cannel gouges:

The next two are 1/8" and 1/16" flat chisels that have a mortice chisel profile:

For teeny mortices, or just for strength? One is Sorby, the other I can't make out; Sorby again possibly.

And the last is rare, to me anyway. It is a 1/8" bevelled chisel.

Now I have no excuse to think that I might need something specialist, Japanese and uber expensive for getting into tight corners. It's by Ward which is my favourite steel anyway.

All in all not as cheap as if got from the boot sale, but all there on one stall in the warm and dry with Bill, Brian and Richard A to discuss with ... well worth it.
I have them all sharpened up (except the smallest gouge for which I will have to dig out my smallest slip stone) and they are really cracking little things.

 

[jimi43]

Good selection there Richard....Brian's a great source and not too expensive either!

I have a number of those "tiny mortice" chisels...also Ward and Sorbys and they are really useful little tools for quite a few things.

Indeed...I used one only the other day on a little woody I'm making!

Thanks for posting mate...and you remind me I must see Brian to get some tiny V gouges for some copperplate writing work I am going to embark on.

Jim

 

[Jacob]

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The next two are 1/8" and 1/16" flat chisels that have a mortice chisel profile:

For teeny mortices, or just for strength? .....

A teeny mortice is a slot. These are for slots.
Who would want these little slots?
My guess would be for objects incorporating metal parts, possibly moving, such as makers of clocks, instruments, organs, etc. i.e. unusual hardware of one sort or another

 

[marcros]

does he have a website?

 

[jimi43]

does he have a website?

To Brian...PC means Paring Chisel!

Lovely bloke...and really friendly...but not computer friendly!

I have his number somewhere...will send it to you.

Jim

 

[Richard T]

Jacob wrote:
A teeny mortice is a slot. These are for slots.
Who would want these little slots?
My guess would be for objects incorporating metal parts, possibly moving, such as makers of clocks, instruments, organs, etc. i.e. unusual hardware of one sort or another

I think you're spot on there - though just thinking about the amount of different jobs where these would have been ideal that I ended up poking around with the tip of a knife or some such, I think they will be very versatile.


Jim wrote:

To Brian...PC means Paring Chisel! :lol:

Though he's getting there Mark - he was telling me last time about all these internet pages he'd seen with all this interesting stuff on ... ( I know Brian, I know...) so you never know, he might get there in the end.

 

[bugbear]

The next two are 1/8" and 1/16" flat chisels that have a mortice chisel profile:

For teeny mortices, or just for strength? One is Sorby, the other I can't make out; Sorby again possibly.

Those are surprisingly common - but I've never seen a fully convinciing argument for why. I've "some" in my chisel rack.

BugBear

 

[Jacob]

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Those are surprisingly common - but I've never seen a fully convinciing argument for why. ....
BugBear

As I said above; a very large number of complicated objects were made combining wood and metal; clocks, instruments (musical and scientific), organs, cameras, scientific equipment, wooden planes, etc. And larger scale such as carriages and wagons.
And there was pattern making. Patterns for castings is well known but also mock-ups were made of complicated machinery such as engines, to which metal hardware might be fitted, as part of the design process going 3D.

All manner of different sized/shaped holes and sinkings would be required - including narrow stopped slots.

As well as the odd tools another legacy of this is the diversity of screws, coach bolts etc, all for joining metal to wood. Whereas wood to wood is joined with joinery skills, dowels, nails.

 

[bugbear]

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Those are surprisingly common - but I've never seen a fully convinciing argument for why. ....
BugBear

As I said above; a very large number of complicated objects were made combining wood and metal; clocks, instruments (musical and scientific), organs, cameras, scientific equipment, wooden planes, etc. And larger scale such as carriages and wagons.
And there was pattern making. Patterns for castings is well known but also mock-ups were made of complicated machinery such as engines, to which metal hardware might be fitted, as part of the design process going 3D.

All manner of different sized/shaped holes and sinkings would be required - including narrow stopped slots.

As well as the odd tools another legacy of this is the diversity of screws, coach bolts etc, all for joining metal to wood. Whereas wood to wood is joined with joinery skills, dowels, nails.

The facts you present are true, but don't, at least to me, form a convincing argument for the use of these particular chisels.

BugBear

 

[Jacob]

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The facts you present are true, but don't, at least to me, form a convincing argument for the use of these particular chisels.

BugBear

:lol: :lol: Surprise! Find a better one then.
Perhaps they were magic wands, nose hair trimmers, throwing chisels for circus acts?