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4th November 2019, 08:22 PM #46SENIOR MEMBER
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Well, here’s my attempt - I decided to go for the same look as on the one Ward I had, using some Kiaat given to me a few years ago by the same friend who gave me the Ward with the missing handle, shown here in the first pic. Removing the ferrule cost me a drive to the local hospital and seven stitches. Actually it was my stupidity the caused it, the chisel just happened to be in my hand at the moment of my brain-fart.
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The second pic isn’t a Ward, but fits with the others so it became the third of a small set of vintage Sheffield chisels. It’s handle was in poor shape.
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And here the set of three, with the original Ward handle on the top, and the two Kiaat copies below.
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May hands aren't small either and so the handles are a little bigger than the original, and I decided that they look close enough that I’ll not rehandle the complete one, and rather leave it as is.
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5th November 2019, 08:48 AM #47
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5th November 2019, 08:57 AM #48
Colin, I had to look up 'Kiaat' - haven't heard of that one before. It goes by an interesting list of common names, including 'teak', but I see it's a Pterocarpus, a genus with which we are familiar over our way in the shape of P. indicus or New Guinea Rosewood and also known by lots of other names throughout S.E. Asia as a valued joinery wood. NGR would be a bit soft for chisel handles, imo, though probably no softer than northern hemisphere Birch. The blurb I read says Kiaat is renowned for its durability & workability - sounds good!
So many woods, so little time....
Cheers,IW
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