Road trip finds, Skimpy

[bandit571]

Well, before all that excitement over the weekend...had a road trip.   Stopped at a little place, and spent ..$5

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But these had a few "Good Bones" to them..
 
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The "bent" one even had a readable stamp on the socket....And was 1" wide...the 3/4" chisel needed to loose that mushroom....
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Took  a while ( and a chunk off a knuckle..
)  found a couple loaner handles.   The 3/4" chisel had a surprise...once cleaned up, a stamp appeared on the blade.   T. H. Witherby.    The wide chisel was made just down the road, at Union Hardware Co.   Both are from Torrington, CONN, USA
Backs are flat..
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The Witherby will go nicely  with my 1/2" wide one..
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Maybe I should work on building a set of these?  Should be decent enough chisels...

[johndi]

Those look great. How do you deal with the mushrooming?

[Admiral]

Those look great. How do you deal with the mushrooming?

I just grind off the outside flush with the socket, then use a plumber's reamer to smooth the inside of the socket.  You can lose a bit of the socket and still have enough "meat" there to hold a handle securely.