Any body know what this tool is ? Assuming it a turning chisel but not sure
Mystery tool again turning chisel ?
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Wondering if it's something for breaking nails when removing roof slates.
Stigmorgan
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I wouldn't use that for turning, one catch and its a banana or several pieces flying through the air at you
Could it be for stripping bark off logs when still green?
At first sight it is a carpenter’s flared slick chisel as it is the right shape; in plan view anyway. Only time I used one a lot was in the early 90s when me and my old partner built a large log cabin in New Zealand. Slicks are used for paring with the grain on irregular shaped timber; for example, to ease or square the end of the log or to remove irregularities etc.
It is a bit hard to tell without a side elevation view but it looks like that tool is possibly too thin to be a slick. If the blade is thin then my guess is that it is some form of scraper. Lots of ship scrapers are that shape too. If the blade is a bit beefy and it is was once honed like a chisel on one side it might be a slick.
NB. that log cabin was one on the timber building’s I have built that I was most proud of; it was definitely one of the most interesting. Last time I went back to NZ to visit family I discovered that the guy I built it for had died and his kids had parcelled up his farm and sold the land for housing. The cabin was gone. I imagine it got sold dismantled and reassembled somewhere else. I really hope so anyway.
It is a bit hard to tell without a side elevation view but it looks like that tool is possibly too thin to be a slick. If the blade is thin then my guess is that it is some form of scraper. Lots of ship scrapers are that shape too. If the blade is a bit beefy and it is was once honed like a chisel on one side it might be a slick.
NB. that log cabin was one on the timber building’s I have built that I was most proud of; it was definitely one of the most interesting. Last time I went back to NZ to visit family I discovered that the guy I built it for had died and his kids had parcelled up his farm and sold the land for housing. The cabin was gone. I imagine it got sold dismantled and reassembled somewhere else. I really hope so anyway.
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I just put ‘flared slick’ into google images. Lots of pictures like this one from a speciality tool maker for log building and timber framing in the US.
They have cut the handle length out when cropping the photos.
They have cut the handle length out when cropping the photos.
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Orraloon
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You beat me to it DBC. I have spent a lot of time on the end of one those. Went to sea to see the world but spent a lot of time painting. It's one of those never ending jobs on a ship.
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John
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John
That’s brilliant thank you very much for the replies
