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21st October 2017, 04:52 PM #1
I bought this old chisel at a garage sale for $2
I don't know much about chisels but I know enough to guess that this is an old framing chisel:
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I also know that Mathieson and Son were tool makers in Glasgow. This chisel seems in pretty good nick for its age.
Do these things have any value?
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21st October 2017, 08:58 PM #2
It seems like it may be a tanged chisel.
And for $2 bucks I would say that's a score.
I would sharpen that up and see our it olds an edge.
Being from Glasgow with its steel industry history I would hesitant a guess it would be a goody.
But I don't really know my chisels.
Cheers Matt
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21st October 2017, 11:33 PM #3
I have 4 or 5 of this type of chisel in my toolbox .I shall dig them out & post a photo or 2.
Regards
Gerard
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Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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23rd October 2017, 09:17 AM #5
This is not a user mod... This is a socketed Firmer see Mathieson Catalogue. You can get a copy of the Catalogue from Hans Brunner
Old Mathieson Tools
A pretty handy document to have.
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23rd October 2017, 09:35 AM #6
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23rd October 2017, 12:24 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Still being made in 1933 and probably later. I thought they were much earlier then that.
That catalogue is interesting because you can see that a lot of the stuff being sold as 19c in antique shops etc was still very much in manufacture in 1933.Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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29th October 2017, 12:04 PM #8
I missed this thread somehow but better late than never. Two bucks very well spent. Mathieson had a reputation for very good tools. I have a few Mathieson planes that are great workers but so far only one bevel edged chisel by them. It holds a good edge
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