Thread: Sykes mortising chisel. +

Hi Sheddo

That is not a mortice chisel. It looks like a fine example of a vintage bench chisel. Worth cleaning up.

Regards from Perth

Derek

A good short length 1/2" bench chisel. Knock the handle out and clean up. Be careful cleaning the socket, no abrasives there, bang home the handle and you have a perfectly usable bench chisel.

Mortice chisels are generally flat sided.

Cool, Thanks.

Already soaking the rust off!

While I am at it, I have these two things in the box.

The top think looks like an awl, however it is almost 500mm! Seems very long.

The other thing has me stumped. All I have it is is part of something else! Handle has fallen off without much convincing, but it was on it. The handle is also quite light, feels like pine.

Little background in case it is relevant, I got these in a box with a bunch of old tools from an older bloke. He said these were his dad's who was an old wood butcher, (his words). Cabinet maker.
In the collection was also some leather working bits, (Needles and such) so I was thinking the bottom thing might be some sort of stretching/forming tool.


Any ideas?

Cheers

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Bench chisel is out of the tank and is giving up some secrets.
Only had a soak and very light sand with some well worn sandpaper.

She has had a ...... ...... Full life by the looks of it!

I didn't notice before, but it is stamped, (twice) with S.TILLMAN. On the back and side. I assume this is an owner at some stage, (interesting given that the bloke I got them from is Wrigley)

Also a mark that looks like "GRAY STEEL". There is possibly a logo as well.
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Now that last chisel is a morticing chisel. It would surprise me if it has any use: the blade looks too short to chop deeply enough for a mortice, and it may no longer be hardened steel that high up the blade.

Regards from Perth

Derek

This is the same chisel in the top of the first photo.

Actually on further inspection it does not say "GRAY STEEL" there is two lines of text. It is feint, and the S.TILLMAN is stamped over the top of it.

Top line is missing some letters in the middle, but looks like it starts with R O ....... O R A Y?

Bottom line says "CAST STEEL"

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Try Robert Sorby

Originally Posted by sheddo

This is the same chisel in the top of the first photo.

Actually on further inspection it does not say "GRAY STEEL" there is two lines of text. It is feint, and the S.TILLMAN is stamped over the top of it.

Top line is missing some letters in the middle, but looks like it starts with R O ....... O R A Y?

Bottom line says "CAST STEEL"

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I did not recognise that there were two chisels in the first picture! The one in front is the bench chisel, but the rear is a mortise chisel .. it looked like a handle!

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by sheddo

While I am at it, I have these two things in the box.

The top think looks like an awl, however it is almost 500mm! Seems very long.

The other thing has me stumped. All I have it is is part of something else! Handle has fallen off without much convincing, but it was on it. The handle is also quite light, feels like pine.

Little background in case it is relevant, I got these in a box with a bunch of old tools from an older bloke. He said these were his dad's who was an old wood butcher, (his words). Cabinet maker.
In the collection was also some leather working bits, (Needles and such) so I was thinking the bottom thing might be some sort of stretching/forming tool.


Any ideas?

Cheers

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These images are Leather working tools.. I think the long awl thing is a saddlers tool for stuffing collars etc and the other two are Glazing irons for boot making. They were usually heated with a spirit burner and run around the edges of the sole.
Gaza

legend, thanks Gaz

The glazing irons look to be Geo Barnsley

Wow, Nice work Gaza.

I went looking for a makers mark, (probably should have done that first huh?)

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Never knew what a glazing iron was before.

Cheers