wizer
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Remember a slap head back whinger gloating about some antique chisels he got for a song?
Well they've not turned out to be quite so gloat worthy. When I got them, I looked them over and realised they'd need a bit of work and I put them away for when I was recovered. When MarkW was round the other day I showed them to him and we (he) discovered that they have been mullered by a complete ***** (no, not me). It looks like whoever used them last thought that to sharpen a chisel, you had to make both faces of the chisel convex.
i.e the back had been lifted at the rear whilst running on a stone. So the back essentially also has a bevel!
Not only that but it looks like he also ground the sides, so they taper in on each side.
These pics don't show how bad they really are. In short. They are buggered!
The question is. What will happen if I try to re-flatten the backs, seeing as the curve on the back of each chisel comes quite a way back.
Mark suggested that possibly someone with proper milling\grinding facilities might be able to save them.
The other option is to leave them as they are and re-sell them as 'antiques'. Martin, if you're listening, your thoughts on that?
Well they've not turned out to be quite so gloat worthy. When I got them, I looked them over and realised they'd need a bit of work and I put them away for when I was recovered. When MarkW was round the other day I showed them to him and we (he) discovered that they have been mullered by a complete ***** (no, not me). It looks like whoever used them last thought that to sharpen a chisel, you had to make both faces of the chisel convex.
i.e the back had been lifted at the rear whilst running on a stone. So the back essentially also has a bevel!
Not only that but it looks like he also ground the sides, so they taper in on each side.
These pics don't show how bad they really are. In short. They are buggered!
The question is. What will happen if I try to re-flatten the backs, seeing as the curve on the back of each chisel comes quite a way back.
Mark suggested that possibly someone with proper milling\grinding facilities might be able to save them.
The other option is to leave them as they are and re-sell them as 'antiques'. Martin, if you're listening, your thoughts on that?