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Thread: A chisel ID, fairly old I guess.
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28th July 2012, 12:48 AM #1
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A chisel ID, fairly old I guess.
Anyone got any clues to age or other info on this mortice chisel?
It's been fairly unloved, but it looks old. The socket has a definite seam as if it was folded around. Unfortuneately someone pounded it without a handle in it. There'll have to be a bit of cleaning up there.
On the side in the photo (but up-side-down, sorry) is "UNICORN" above "MADE IN SHEFFIELD".
On the other side is "Wm RIDGWAY" above "SHEFFIELD". The little"m" is in superscript with a squiggle underneath. ie the old abbreviation for William which I think dropped out of use around 1910-20.
The chisel is slightly wider than 3/8" (ie 10.6mm) at the tip but it tapers very slightly back to the socket. It's about 10mm wide near the root of the blade.
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SWK
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28th July 2012, 12:56 AM #2
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PS. I know William Ridgway as a company existed making tools up until fairly recently (ie 70s) but I think this is much earlier than that (or at least I am wishfully thinking it is so).
SWK
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