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16th August 2011, 11:07 AM #1In Memory of
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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.
James
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16th August 2011, 01:55 PM #2Jim
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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.
Cheers,
Jim
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16th August 2011, 02:46 PM #3In Memory of
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16th August 2011, 05:47 PM #4Jim
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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.
Regards,
Jim
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1st March 2013, 11:14 AM #6Jim
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Great stuff.
Cheers,
Jim
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2nd March 2013, 09:53 AM #7Senior Member
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Wow.. great result achieved .... with no high tech gadgets in sight
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