Rehabbing an old timber chisel. Need help from you experts.

a picture would help. nothing comes up at this point in time

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looks like inconsistency of the material when it was made. also has a lot of pitting which might make it useless as a cutting tool at it’s current state. what is it’s cutting width? looks like a framing chisel

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cutting width is about 2” I will lap it smooth and grind an edge and try to re-handle it. Do you know what degree I should grind the bevel? I dont have any chisels of this size.

PS Thanks for the input.

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Framing slicks often have a curved back so flattening will be a real
chore – a slick isn’t supposed to have a flat back. Work on grinding
a bevel on the top first – the back will probably be less of a problem
than you imagine. If you get serious about timber framing you’ll
buy something else with less pitting anyway.

This is not the type of chisel that is supposed to be lapped and be razor sharp. it’s for framing (think log cabins) and for pounding on with a mallet/hammer as you can see from it’s condition. lapping it and treating it like a bevel/bench chisel would be a waste of energy.

you state you don’t have any chisels of this size (obviously) – what are you planning on using it for?

As for the degree – I would just follow the degree that is on it right now – just match it up.

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Man, I’m glad you guys are around! That saved me some time. I really don’t have a specific use for it, just hate seeing old tools get thrown away. After seeing Brit take that brace back from the dead I have been intrigued by rehabbing some tools. Funny thing, I built Log Cabins for a few years back it the day- I was a laborer so I was much more familiar with a draw-knife than the chisel!

Thanks for your input, a guy can learn so much here.

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I say get it back in service. It won’t take as much work as you think to get it serviceable. The only thing I can’t see is if the blade is laminiated. If it is and you have to grind the tool steel all away to get past the pitting, it is just decorator’s paint lid opener piece unless you want to get a new piece of steel forge welded to it. The mushrooming on the socket is pretty easy. Just grind it off and re-handle it.

This is still in the category of a bench chisel. Best Mik Dundee imitation: “That’s not a framing chisel, this is a framing chisel” The base of the socket is too fragile for the beating that a frameing chisel takes. I have some that the neck of the socket is almost as big of diameter as the large radius of that socket.

Look on my bench here. The small one on the left is bigger than that one (but a bit narrower at 1-1/2)

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Give her a good sharpening, Add a handle & Enjoy, a good chisel for whatever you want it to be used for.

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^^ Dang, Now that’s a chisel!

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