Super Long Mortice Chisels?

[J_SAMa]

This chisel seems quite odd to me, it being nearly 13'' long and all (blade alone looks like 7''). Is this really gonna put up with the abuse from heavy morticing?

 

[Racers]

I've got some like that

Looks like they have had a hard life, I had to replace one handle and a ferrule.

Pete

 

[undergroundhunter]

My Nerex mortice chisels are about that long, never seemed to bother them.

Matt

 

[J_SAMa]

My Nerex mortice chisels are about that long, never seemed to bother them.

Matt

Well they might have the same overall length but the blades on Narex's look much shorter...

 

[G S Haydon]

Could be a sash mortice chisel. Less likely to have such a severe beating as a "Pig Sticker"

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Just what I was about to say.

 

[undergroundhunter]

I will measure the blades on my narex tomorrow and report back!

Matt

 

[undergroundhunter]

My Nerex mortice chisels are about that long, never seemed to bother them.

Matt

Well they might have the same overall length but the blades on Narex's look much shorter...

Your were correct my nerex mortice chisels are just shy of 6 inch long in the blade department, looks like my gestimate of length was wrong (hammer) ......... no wonder my wife seemed disappointed on our wedding night. #-o

Matt

 

[matthewwh]

Hi Sam,

It's hard to tell from such a small photo (picturetje?) but I'd take a punt at it being a paring chisel - they don't have to be bevelled.

 

[G S Haydon]

Matthew, good point, well made. My money is on your verdict.

 

[J_SAMa]

Hi Sam,

It's hard to tell from such a small photo (picturetje?) but I'd take a punt at it being a paring chisel - they don't have to be bevelled.

It's a picture on auctive/ebay and now the listing has ended so there's only a thumbnail...
The ebay description said it's a mortise chisel. There was a similar one (can't find it because it also ended) that was yet another inch longer...

Sam

 

[AndyT]

I know it's hard to believe, but quite a lot of tools on eBay are described wrongly!

;-)

 

[AndyT]

Sam,
If you had said at the start that it was just something you had seen on ebay, this question would have been a lot easier to answer!

Here is a larger picture

and here is the link to the original listing where you can see it even bigger:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-16-mort...d=100011&prg=1005&rk=2&rkt=5&sd=151114930581&

where the seller describes it correctly.

It is indeed a sash mortice chisel, used where the mortice you want to cut is shorter (front to back) than it is wide (side to side), so a common mortice chisel would be too deep.

If you look at my 1938 Marples catalogue (see this thread you will find them on page 14, listed as "London Pattern Sash Mortise Chisels" available unhandled or with a box or beech handle, in 10 sizes from 1/8" to 3/4".

So, to answer your original question, No, it would not stand up to abuse from heavy mortising - it should not have to, as it was designed for relatively light mortising!

 

[G S Haydon]

In your face Matthew :lol: :lol:. Although I did start to doubt myself

 

[J_SAMa]

Sam,
If you had said at the start that it was just something you had seen on ebay, this question would have been a lot easier to answer!

Here is a larger picture

and here is the link to the original listing where you can see it even bigger:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-16-mort...d=100011&prg=1005&rk=2&rkt=5&sd=151114930581&

where the seller describes it correctly.

It is indeed a sash mortice chisel, used where the mortice you want to cut is shorter (front to back) than it is wide (side to side), so a common mortice chisel would be too deep.

If you look at my 1938 Marples catalogue (see this thread you will find them on page 14, listed as "London Pattern Sash Mortise Chisels" available unhandled or with a box or beech handle, in 10 sizes from 1/8" to 3/4".

So, to answer your original question, No, it would not stand up to abuse from heavy mortising - it should not have to, as it was designed for relatively light mortising!

Now that clears it up!!

But then, I've cut mortises in workbench legs with 4 inch chisels and they were fine... So I think maybe sash mortise chisels are okay too?

Sam