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251246 Joshua Clark <jclark@h...> 2014‑10‑20 Tiny Chisel Whatsit
Hello Galoots!

I come to you with a mystery. I recently found this W. Jessop chisel:

http://ww
w.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html


It's all steel and measures 10in long.  The blade has the look and feel of
a mortise chisel, but it's only 1/32 wide at the bevel. It's very sharp,
clearly an edge tool The thin blade is extremely flexible, as you see in
the last photo.


Is it a chisel? Anyone every seen something like this?


Thanks!

Josh

..in cold CT where I'll be lighting the wood stove for the first time
tonight.
251251 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2014‑10‑20 Re: Tiny Chisel Whatsit
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Joshua Clark 
wrote:

> I recently found this W. Jessop chisel:
>
> http://
www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html
>
> It's all steel and measures 10in long.  The blade has the look and feel of
> a mortise chisel, but it's only 1/32 wide at the bevel. It's very sharp,
> clearly an edge tool The thin blade is extremely flexible, as you see in
> the last photo.
>
> Is it a chisel? Anyone every seen something like this?


Josh
Did Jessop make tools, or just tool steel?  Their catalog looks like they
might have supplied the base stock for that tool, which was user made

https://ia902300.us.archive.org/1/items/JessopsGenuineSheffieldSteels/J
essop%27s%20Genuine%20Sheffield%20Steels_text.pdf">https://ia902300.us.archive.o
rg/1/items/JessopsGenuineSheffieldSteels/Jessop%27s%20Genuine%20Sheffield%20Stee
ls_text.pdf

WAG: Not knowing how engravers work, that seems like it might be useful in
that trade?

Kirk in HMB, who pretty much wasted another beautiful day doing trivial
stuff.
251253 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2014‑10‑20 Re: Tiny Chisel Whatsit
Replying to own post, bad form, etc etc.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Kirk Eppler  wrote:

>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Joshua Clark 
> wrote:
>
>> I recently found this W. Jessop chisel:
>>
>> http:/
/www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html
>>
>> It's all steel and measures 10in long.  The blade has the look and feel of
>> a mortise chisel, but it's only 1/32 wide at the bevel. It's very sharp,
>> clearly an edge tool The thin blade is extremely flexible, as you see in
>> the last photo.
>>
>> Is it a chisel? Anyone every seen something like this?
>
>
> Josh
> Did Jessop make tools, or just tool steel?  Their catalog looks like they
> might have supplied the base stock for that tool, which was user made
>
>
> https://ia902300.us.archive.org/1/items/JessopsGenuineSheffieldSteels
/Jessop%27s%20Genuine%20Sheffield%20Steels_text.pdf">https://ia902300.us.archive
.org/1/items/JessopsGenuineSheffieldSteels/Jessop%27s%20Genuine%20Sheffield%20St
eels_text.pdf
>
> WAG: Not knowing how engravers work, that seems like it might be useful in
> that trade?
>
>
>
Found the following in the Davistown museum website.


041709T1
Chasing tools (11)
Forged steel, 2" to 3" long, 1/4" to 1" wide, signed "W. Jessop & Sons",
1832-1900 (?).
This group of tools is an example from a larger collection of such chasing
and die sinking equipment used by blacksmiths and jewelers, all acquired
from the estate of Leon Robbins. The marking "W. Jessop & Sons" on some of
the pieces indicates that they were made by William Jessop & Sons, a
Sheffield, England company that took up the name in 1832 and eventually
became Jessop Saville & Company. The size of the designs on the stamps
ranges from an inch to less than 1/32 of an inch. 11 tools total.


-- 
Kirk Eppler still wasting the day in HMB, CA
251268 Brent Beach <brent.beach@g...> 2014‑10‑20 Re: Tiny Chisel Whatsit
Josh

The upper end looks like a nail set or a centre punch. Looks ready for 
hitting with a hammer.

The business end looks too delicate for anything but hand use.

Did someone grind this down for a special purpose. Perhaps removing 
small bits of grit from gnats eyes?

On 2014-10-19 18:43, Joshua Clark wrote:
> http://
www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html

Not sure I would want to be carrying that around and would only use it 
for whatever purpose it has when I was very alert!

Brent
-- 
Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada
251295 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2014‑10‑21 Re: Tiny Chisel Whatsit
On Sunday, October 19, 2014, Kirk Eppler  wrote:

>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Joshua Clark  > wrote:
>
>> I recently found this W. Jessop chisel:
>>
>> http:/
/www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html
>>
>> It's all steel and measures 10in long.  The blade has the look and feel of
>> a mortise chisel, but it's only 1/32 wide at the bevel. It's very sharp,
>> clearly an edge tool The thin blade is extremely flexible, as you see in
>> the last photo.
>>
>> Is it a chisel? Anyone every seen something like this?
>
>
>
>
> WAG: Not knowing how engravers work, that seems like it might be useful in
> that trade?
>
>
Josh,( continuing the bad form)

The hammacher schlemmer 1896 shows some tools in page 347 that look pretty
similar.  Die sinker gravers could pass for your pic.

Kirk in HMB, done killing time for the day.


-- 
Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors.
Kirk
251298 Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y...> 2014‑10‑21 Re: Tiny Chisel Whatsit
Josh Clark wrote: "http://www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1
192.html">http://www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html
"...Is it a chisel? Anyone every seen something like this?"

Makes sense to me as a die sinkers' chisel. I can't swear to it, but it has a
blade like a graver (burin) and a handle you can drive with light taps of a
hammer. On the long side, but all the burins I know of come long and are trimmed
down tothe engraver's hand.


Tom Conroy

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