new carving chisels.

[fishfish]

I may have mentioned before that i have been given some very old carving chisels by an old mate of mine Reuben,he was gifted them by an old chap who had been a professional wood carver all his life and many were not new when he got them,i have done some light research and a good few are early 20th century and older. In all i was given 80 chisels and they are every type you can think of and a few more besides,today i started cleaning them up and wiping down with a lightly oiled rag ,here are some pictures:

and some makers/ owners marks:

thanks for looking.

 

[Steve13]

Looks like you have a lot of history there

 

[Hugo]

They have landed in the hands of someone who will put them to good use.
Looking good Jason.

 

[Gailainne]

Lots of life left in those, those old chisels are sought after, lovely steel

 

[ozzy1977]

Lucky bugger

 

[Dean]

Jammie, lucky to have such tools fall into your lap use them well.

 

[Baggy]

Jammy bugger, I have an old Addis and it is a lovely tool

 

[Scott Of The Llandow]

Thats a great catch, well jealous i'm on the hunt for caring tools at the mo, i found a good write up on how to properly sharpen a V gouge on 102 pages!! http://www.bob-easton.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SelectingAndSharpeningYourVtool.pdf

Scott

 

[fishfish]

just looked on flea bay and 39 are selling for £550!

 

[Paddytray]

jammy so and so .
I brought myself this set to learn with last week yet to try them out .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400408297204?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

[dwardo]

That is a nice sight fish, lucky man. Now get teaching the lads how to sharpen chisels as they have a lot of work to do

 

[fishfish]

jammy so and so .
I brought myself this set to learn with last week yet to try them out .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400408297204?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

ooooo niiiiiice!

 

[Elen Sentier]

Lovely stuff ... and so good to hear they're being passed down, keeping on being used and loved

 

[woodpoet]

Very nice. Use them well.

 

[calgarychef]

Sweet! You've got just about everything you need, my set has a couple of "v" chisels which I use a lot. I think the addis chisels can be sent to the factory and refurbished for a minimal charge....maybe even free?

 

[pastymuncher]

Just a bit jealous, they are lovely.

 

[Everything Mac]

Very nice indeed you lucky sod you!

Its never bad when good tools get put in the hands of some one who will use them properly.
Andy

 

[ozzy1977]

Paddytray what lathe do you have?

 

[Paddytray]

A very cheap one lol but its all I could afford . http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIP-S-I-P...Home_Garden_PowerTools_SM&hash=item20cb94e6b4
The chisels are worth throwing away before use to be fair . And the lathe has only span once and had issuses . It also turnt up with a big dent in the front by the veiw window .
Paddytray .;

 

[Paddytray]

There nothing like the ones in the first post FISHFISH but they'll do to get me learning.

Paddytray .;