Ok, I found an old chisel at a Restore store.     Had a distinctive ferrel to it, but no handle beyond what was in the ferrel.    Pretty ain't it??   Ok, got the ferrel off and both it and the chisel blade cleaned up.along with the other chisel I had bought there.    Got to looking around for an example of a "The Cleveland File Co."  chisel. Nobody even heard of the place.    Got to thinking I could just stick a handle on it...

Found an old parting tool in the toolbox of lathe tools.    I already had a good parting tool, so that rusty one could lose it handle.     Got the old tip out of the handle.    Sized things up.    Could leave the parting tool's ferrel in place?     Cut the other end down to a chisel length?    Couldn't get the lathe out of the pile it was sitting in?     Ah!   A grinder was handy to start with, and had a beltsander to finish it up with.   Kept checking as I went along, getting the taper about right for a tight fit.   Finally looked good enough to try out.  

Had to drill a hole first.    Try as I might, that handle would NOT sit still long enough to drill into it.   (Gremlins in the shop??)  So, I place the hole in the dp table over the handle's end, and push down .... HARD!    Started to drill a hole, quill ran out about 3/8" in.    Moved things around, and finished the hole.   Clamped the blade into the vise, and started to "install" the ferrel/handle onto it.   With a framing hammmer!     Beat it down as far as it would go.   

Now that I had something to hang noto, I then sharpened the edge up.   Pictures, anyone??Oh, and I sanded all the old finish off, and applied a coat of that SMELLY BLO to the wood, waited a bit, and then wiped off all the excess goop.   A look at the edge?Look at it shine!    And a look at the flattened backAlmost looks like a Japanese Style chisel?    Handle seems to fit my hand.    Not a bad 1" wide chisel now.     Might use it on the next tenon job....

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Is it just me or does that chisel have an angle on it? not bad for coming out of a restore shop. Neat handle too.

Makes me want to get my plane done, and sindce my lathe is up again I can go now and make a knob for it Woohoo. It wont be beech but it'll look good anyway

I gotta finish sanding that handle you made too Steve

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There is a fellow over at SMC that thinks these two chisels are a waste of time, that they are made with a "cookie cutter" press that stamps out a chisel.     he even thinks that these will bend like a plastic strip,  Not even worth the time to rehab!

Hmmmm.   Well not sure what he does with HIS chisels that bending them is a threat,  demo concrete forms from a wall pour?   These two chisels are more of a "Paring"type of work.   They are not "chopping"  or firmer chisels.     They are, however< great are slicing a bit off a tenon, maybe trim a joint.    At most, a few taps with a wood mallet, otherwise just use a hand pressure.   

This fellow is one of the Been there, Done that , better than you sort  of being.     He has done it all, according to him.    Considers Roy Underhill nothing more than a decent Housewright.  

So, as long as I like these two chisels, that is all that counts.     I have both up to a mirror polish on the edges, and can even see myself in the bevels, and the backs.    And, they can slice through ( NOT chop) oak and beech.  So, Mr. Wilson,  what do you think now? 

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Ok, rant over.   Next up?    Well the piece of steel that used to be a parting tool ( I stole the handle)   can be made into a marking knife.      Will take a bit of grinding, SLOWLY, as in no heat.    Not sure about a handle for it?      Might leave it as is, and use it Japanese style?

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There are some folks who are just so unhappy and insecure with their own lives. The only way they can feel important is by putting down everyone and everything around them. Truth be told, most of them have never done much of what they propose to know.

Great job on the chisels, Steve.

Edit: Just read the conversation on that site. I'm glad I never joined up over there. I always welcome constructive comments and criticisms but when they basically start out by saying "you dumb $h*t..."- that I can live without!

steven newman said:

There is a fellow over at SMC that thinks these two chisels are a waste of time, that they are made with a "cookie cutter" press that stamps out a chisel.     he even thinks that these will bend like a plastic strip,  Not even worth the time to rehab!

Hmmmm.   Well not sure what he does with HIS chisels that bending them is a threat,  demo concrete forms from a wall pour?   These two chisels are more of a "Paring"type of work.   They are not "chopping"  or firmer chisels.     They are, however< great are slicing a bit off a tenon, maybe trim a joint.    At most, a few taps with a wood mallet, otherwise just use a hand pressure.   

This fellow is one of the Been there, Done that , better than you sort  of being.     He has done it all, according to him.    Considers Roy Underhill nothing more than a decent Housewright.  

So, as long as I like these two chisels, that is all that counts.     I have both up to a mirror polish on the edges, and can even see myself in the bevels, and the backs.    And, they can slice through ( NOT chop) oak and beech.  So, Mr. Wilson,  what do you think now? 

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