Boxwood Chisel Restoration....

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jimi43

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All the talk about Footprint chisels and following a comment from back when I made the Aled shoulder plane...I thought I would restore this old baby that someone had abused...



Click on the picture for the link to my Blog to see more pictures...

I think this old Sorby now deserves pride of place....along with the knowledge that not only does it cut well...but it looks the part...and for only 50p and a day sitting in the sun!

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Cheers

Jim
 
So simple - and such a difference - but well worth showing!

Will there be any 50p bargains left, now that the word is out?
 
jimi43":1pl2udqr said:
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Cheers

Jim

Nice chisel (I love the early Sorby's) - but the photo either needs more depth of field (narrower aperture) or a different focus distance. The blade tip is quite blurred.

BugBear
 
Cheers Andy...Alan...


aesmith":19olqao2 said:
Nice. What's the other one, with the Ash(?) handle?

It's a rather nice no-name firmer...the steel is really nice though...

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Yes...BB...the focus was on the handle...unfortunately it was a bit of a late night grab pic! I prefer daylight to artificial light...much more character.

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Cheers

Jim
 
Sorry to necro an old thread but I recently got some old chisels from Bluekingfisher and would like to revive the handles as well and I found this post among the search.

Can I ask how you managed to revive the handle on this one? Was it stripped or sanded? I have a vague memory of someone saying they soaked the handles in a jar of something but if so in what exactly? Mineral spirits or maybe that furniture reviver mixture?
 
Sure mate...no problems reviving an old thread if it helps you sort out your chisels too.

This one was a real basket case...the whole end being smashed by a hammer...(idiots!) so in the "unrestored" picture above...I simply got a very sharp knife and pared the ragged bits off....until I was back to solid wood.

I then sat down for a few hours and starting with some coarse paper...turned the handle around in my palm to get the shape and then followed this with finer and finer Abranet until I got down to smooth...over the whole chisel to match the damaged area.

I must stress here that I only did this because it was knackered anyway....and I wouldn't recommend this for undamaged but dirty chisels. Follow AndyT's most excellent tutorial in recent threads on restoring wooden planes.

Jimi
 
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