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  1. 16th August 2011, 11:07 AM #1
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    Default Vintage British chisels

    New web page at Woodworking Hand Tools - British Chisels -- not a definitive study, just exemplars of the types (with notes) I used in my day.

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  3. 16th August 2011, 01:55 PM #2
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    Very interesting though I would quibble about the early 1800s being used for the take up of the Bessemer process as he wasn't born until 1813 and I think the patent was around 1855.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    Very interesting though I would quibble about the early 1800s being used for the take up of the Bessemer process as he wasn't born until 1813 and I think the patent was around 1855.
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    Thank you for the input, Jim -- and the correction. My note should read "mid 1800s" and I have changed it accordingly.

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    Lived in Sheffield when it was still a steel town. At night time it was a beautiful sight to see the furnaces going full blast.
    Even in the early sixties there were lots of small-scale tool manufacturing. There is a Time Team special where they make a knife from blister steel and the finishing is done at what is apparently the last small workshop. Well worth watching.
    You brought back a lot of memories for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbur View Post
    There is a Time Team special where they make a knife from blister steel and the finishing is done at what is apparently the last small workshop. Well worth watching.
    You brought back a lot of memories for me.
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    I posted some chisels in the market-place ... then I saw this thread from a bottom-of -the-page link

    ... and the footage is on Youtube ...




    But this link that comes up after is an interesting comparison ... lots of interesting methods ...

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    Great stuff.
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    Wow.. great result achieved .... with no high tech gadgets in sight
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoGuppy View Post
    Wow.. great result achieved .... with no high tech gadgets in sight
    I don't know ... that grinding wheel looks a bit bigger than 8" ...

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