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    I'm surprised at how out of flat this chisel back is. From your photos showing the light coming through, it is quite substantial. If you're wanting to use this chisel for its purpose, then i'd flatten as Thumbsucker has outlined as you want a properly working chisel for your work focusing more pressure towards the front of the chisel towards the bevel. Removing the handle will aid with where weight will get applied especially on a long, heavy handled tsuki nomi. The handles can usually be removed by holding the chisel with the handle facing downwards towards the ground and tapping the handle against the side of your workbench or other timber surface while slowly rotating the chisel. The handle should work loose. Important to note the orientation of the chisel in the handle for re insertion. When I sharpen my tsuki/usu I remove the handles usually. You'll lose the aesthetics of a nice ura (ito-ura on a kanna blade and beta-ura on a chisel as the idealistic 'norm') but having a larger landing just behind the cutting edge isn't hugely bad thing aside from making sharpening slower and the debate for less than ideal edge 'sharpenability' if that makes sense.. May I ask who the blacksmith was? Please keep us updated with the progress!

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    This video I was trying to find yesterday shows the handle of an O-tsuki nomi being removed by the method I described above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkZFUn064LM

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