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

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> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Joshua Clark 
> wrote:
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>> I recently found this W. Jessop chisel:
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>> http:/
/www.hyperkitten.com/pics/tools/interesting/c1192.html
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>> 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?
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>
> 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
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> 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?
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>
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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.


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Kirk Eppler still wasting the day in HMB, CA