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  1. 12th September 2017, 03:17 PM #1
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    Default Help identifying English chisels

    I'm finally going through the assorted chisels in the haul documented here:
    E. A. Berg blades??? plus big Chisel & Plane haul

    And I have 4 lovely chisels by the same English maker - two gouges and two firmer/pairing chisels - the maker's stamp is a scripted type font which to my eye looks like Zxxxx'.
    On the opposite side is stamped 'British Made'.

    I suspect these are late 19th/early 20th century.

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    Any ideas of an identity?
    Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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    Or is it Lxxxx'?
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    A bit of googling and have come up with Zyto by S Tyzack and Sons
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    Thanks so much Gaza58!
    Yes, it is Zyto!

    I see a very similar chisel on eFlay right now (even the same handle):

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    Vintage S TYZACK & SON (Zyto) Firmer Mortise 10mm Chisel Woodworking Tool ~15 | eBay
    Except that one has 'S. Tyzack & Son Ltd / 345 Old Street' stamped on the back which certainly makes things easier!

    Mystery solved - thanks again

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    Not sure where I get this from but my understanding of brass ferrules is that the centre punch mark to tighten them is post WW11.
    I guess a bit more internet searching would help date these accurately.
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    Thanks Henry, I'd never considered a ferrule punch to be so lately introduced but looking at the rest of the older chisels I have in this job-lot (Robt. Sorby, I. Sorby, W. Marples, H. Toga, Buck & Hickson, etc.) the Zyto/Tyzacks appear to be the only ones with the ferrule punch.
    So perhaps they are later and perhaps even post-WWII.

    The 'British made' stamp reminds me if English music instrument makers around the First World War who were stamping instruments with similar patriotic sentiments apparently to avoid taxes/duties inflicted upon foreign made instruments (or something like that).

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