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What is this? - Hank Knight - 08-26-2018 I bought what I thought was a Swan 1/8" socket firmer chisel online. When it arrived I discovered it has a channel or a groove the length of the back that turns the cutting edge into a shallow gouge shape. I can't flatten the back without grinding the channel away - no small task. I've never seen this. I have other 1/8" chisels, but none with this feature. Anybody know what kind of chisel this is? IMG_1921 by Hank Knight, on Flickr IMG_1927 by Hank Knight, on Flickr RE: What is this? - TraditionalToolworks - 08-27-2018 (08-26-2018, 11:01 PM)Hank Knight Wrote: I bought what I thought was a Swan 1/8" socket firmer chisel online. When it arrived I discovered it has a channel or a groove the length of the back that turns the cutting edge into a shallow gouge shape. Hank, I'd say that's pretty cool, I've never seen that either. I think that could come in handy, but is it difficult to sharpen? there's a competing edge where the top is flat but the bottom is curved...maybe you can just sharpen like a chisel and use a slip stone on the gouge portion? Interesting tool. Alan RE: What is this? - bandit571 - 08-27-2018 Maybe for Cope & Stick work? RE: What is this? - Admiral - 08-27-2018 My wild guess is some sort of specialized pattern maker's tool; other than that, I've never seen one like that either. It has the side profile of a sash mortise chisel, maybe a special order or user modified for something like making fly rods?? RE: What is this? - AHill - 08-27-2018 Lockset mortising chisel. Edited: I'm retracting my original guess and revising it to a spindle turning gouge. I can't find a handle like that in any Swan catalog I could find online. RE: What is this? - MichaelMouse - 08-27-2018 (08-27-2018, 08:51 AM)AHill Wrote: Lockset mortising chisel. Then why is the handle fitted with leathers to take a beating without mushrooming? Not to mention turning wants a tang, not a socket. Cuts the sides of the mortise as it works the end. My guess. Revise my edit. The back points dig and stabilize an otherwise prone to rotate narrow chisel. RE: What is this? - jlanciani - 08-27-2018 Its just an out cannel gouge. Being that it is socketed, primarily used by a carpenter or millwright. I have a full set of Greenlee's, but Swan, Witherby, Buck, etc. all made them back in the day. RE: What is this? - AHill - 08-27-2018 (08-27-2018, 09:17 AM)MichaelMouse Wrote: Then why is the handle fitted with leathers to take a beating without mushrooming? Good points. I saw a similar Buck Bro's tool characterized as a coping gouge. I don't think it's a mortise chisel, though, since the curved tip would not be best for leveraging out waste. RE: What is this? - DaveParkis - 08-27-2018 I have one of those in a Witherby and couldn't find anything to tell me what it was. RE: What is this? - TGW - 08-27-2018 I also think it is a nice little outcannel gouge. |