Gentle Galoots,

I just bought a lot of 5 old chisels from Australia because 2 of them
were "Charles Taylor" chisels from Sheffield, which I "sorta collect"
(TM Todd Hughes). I credit Peter McBride for getting me started.
(Thanks, Peter!)

It turned out that 2 of the other chisels were marked "Toledo", a 12mm
chisel with a wooden handle and a 9mm chisel with a [shudder] plastic
handle. The one with the wooden handle said "Swedish Steel". I searched
the OldTool archives, but got too many hits on Toledo, Ohio and I didn't
manage to ferret out anything on Toledo chisels. Google found some
Toledo tools for sale, but wasn't much help. Is anyone familiar with the
Toledo brand of chisels?

I liked the business end of the plastic-handled Toledo; if the cutting
edge holds up, I may put a proper wooden handle on it.

By the way, I have an open "WTB" on Charles Taylor chisels.

Cheers,

Chuck (Charles) Taylor Everett, WA, USA


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