How many chisels and gouges?

[JohnPW]

My latest batch of 10 gouges, total 208.

Les common brands are Thomas Firth & Sons (steel maker) and George P Preston, Sheffield (tool dealer). Largest one at the bottom of the pic is unreadable but I can just about make out "Cast Steel".

These are in a much cleaner condition than the last lot:

 

[tobytools]

your infectious john
ive acquired 11 more chisel since your last post....
would you like to see?

TT

 

[JohnPW]

Sure, we all like old tools here!

I got these 3 some time ago. I knew I had a Spear & Jackson chisel somewhere and I haven't listed yet, and now I've managed to find it together with a Herring Brothers gouge and Marples BE chisel. Total 211.

The S&J has a mermaid logo on it.

 

[DennisCA]

I have 4 chisels of the brand GERN, blue plastic handles, found them NIB in a 2nd hand store for 8 euros, a good beginners set I think. I've been looking for more but haven't really found any, or any I thought where priced well enough to buy. I am very picky on prices and will most of the time let a thing go rather than buy something I think is too expensive, even if it the "market" would rate it higher than the price I found too high.

 

[tobytools]

Nice gouge,
I've since brought a set of sorby mortice chisels and 2 sets of japanese chisels

. What can i say I'm an addict

Pic to follow
TT

 

[JohnPW]

I'm picky about price as well. I recently passed up on several nice small gouges from a market stall, I offered £3 each but they wanted £5. But I prefer not to buy from traders anyway.

My latest acquisitions: from a £3 joblot (spot the chisels!):

came these two, a small Thos Ibbotson & Co in-cannel gouge and a more modern Marples BE that had half the blade snapped off.

Cleaned and oiled:

Total 213.

 

[AndyT]

And you're all set up to make some rugs as well! (The hook tools in the middle of the bargain bundle.)

 

[JohnPW]

I think some of the tools are shoe making tools;there are some glazing irons, I think.

 

[DannyJH]

I have in the region of:

Carpentry chisels: 10
Cabinetmaking chisels: 20
Turning chisels: 8
Carving: 15

 

[JohnPW]

Total now 219.

Two Sanderson Bros & Co, Cast Steel wide gouges.
One Ward, Cast Steel (WP trademark) deep gouge.
And 3 Spear & Jackson, Sheffield, Warranted Cast Steel gouges.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Dunno about chisels, but I've screwdrivers everywhere. In kitchen drawers, bedside drawers, on my bench, on shelves, in the car, ... and I've just come across two boxes (tidying up) , one containing 59, and another with 52.

 

[JohnPW]

Total is now 261.

Cost £2 to £6 each.

 

[Biliphuster]

Whenever this thread bobs to the surface, it always make me feel a little better about my own chisel problem. Almost as interesting as the blades is the cacophony of handles, it nicely shows the range of manufactured and home made handles people used.

How do you store all these chisels? I am imagining a wine rack in miniature, arranged by vintage and region.

 

[Lons]

I'm not saying either, I can't afford a divorce. :wink: They'll find out when I'm gone by which time I won't care anymore :lol:

 

[JohnPW]

Whenever this thread bobs to the surface, it always make me feel a little better about my own chisel problem. Almost as interesting as the blades is the cacophony of handles, it nicely shows the range of manufactured and home made handles people used.

How do you store all these chisels? I am imagining a wine rack in miniature, arranged by vintage and region.

I love all the different handles!

I don't have a permanent working area, so no racks. I put them in boxes and tool rolls. Here's a leather roll and canvas roll next to a 5 1/2 plane, the canvas roll has 20 of the smaller carving tools and the leather roll has 11 of the medium and bigger gouges. So that's 31 tools in a space a bit bigger than two 5 1/2 planes!

 

[Downwindtracker2]

Those photos are very interesting, all the handle shapes.