I need more wood chisels like I need more skull ventilation but for some reason, they seem to follow me home pretty often.  If they are decent or unique and reasonable, I adopt them.  Today was no exception and these were all three.  Bought the group for 5 bucks.  They were decent and reasonable.  The unique appeared when I did a little scrubbing.  The maker mark on 3 of them is a diving airplane.  Really a cool mark.  The fourth is simply “Sweden”.  A little research found all 4 are Swedish made so should be pretty good quality.  Was going to flip these but now I’m not so sure. 

 

 

 

 

Nice! You'll have them sharp and shiny in no time. 

SWEET!!!!

Was that the Saab symbol in the 1960's?  Looks like a quality set.  

6 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

Was that the Saab symbol in the 1960's?  Looks like a quality set.  

I suppose that is possible and a good thought.  I need to do some more reading.  I haven’t found very much thus far except for a short paragraph on one site but didn’t try very hard last night.  

Very cool score!

Saab made bombers in the late '30s. Not sure about chisels, though. 

Here's a site I found. Diving airplane chisel. 

They still make combat planes, don't they?

Nice find! I have three Swedish chisels with the same handles, labeled "Eskilstuna", but mine have a shark instead of the plane.

John

Nice find.  I am the same way with chisels.  I am surprised at hoe many manufacturers made chisels.  I also like collecting awls.  A big variety of them out there too.  Never ran across the airplane insignia.  Thanks for sharing.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

Saab made bombers in the late '30s. Not sure about chisels, though. 

Here's a site I found. Diving airplane chisel. 

This is about all I can find as well.  I know the Swedish Berg Chisels with the shark 

logo have some following.  These are very similar.  I need to sharpen them up and give them a go.  I understand the Eskilstuna chisel are good quality.

26 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Nice find! I have three Swedish chisels with the same handles, labeled "Eskilstuna", but mine have a shark instead of the plane.

John

It seems the Eskilstuna chisel makers were very consistent in using similar handles.  In my reading last night, it seems most of them were very similar with slight difference in knurling of the brass rings arEthe chisel tang being less consistent.  Makes me wonder, though only speculation, if there may have been a handle maker supplying several tool makers?  Just my random thoughts.

1 hour ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

They still make combat planes, don't they?

That may be the case but I do not know.

8 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

They still make combat planes, don't they?

They do! And their latest Gripin design is one sweet looking bird.

They make planes and cars and I thought that they made some hand tools, but my memory is going? gone?  Who knows?

Saab's newest bird. 

That thing looks fast!  

8 hours ago, FlGatorwood said:

my memory is going? gone? 

Mine left a long time ago. 

My memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory isn't as sharp as it used to be.

31 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

My memory isn't as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory isn't as sharp as it used to be.

.........Now what was I thinking? ...