2 pre WW1 Buck, bought from the same guy, probably together forever:

3/4” wide,  12” , 7-1/2” to the handle,  .105" at the tip

2” wide, 13”, 7” to the handle,  .125 at the tip

Ed Minch




On Dec 20, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:

> Following on my own post, I checked 3 more 'paring' chisels for thickness data
points.
> 
> New long Narex paring chisels from LV (perfect length for end-grain paring on
a low bench) 0.22" at the tip
> 
> E.A. Berg 1" tang BE bench chisel w 2-1/4" of steel remaining, a fat 0.11"
> 
> E.A. Berg BE chisel w 4-1/4" steel remaining, 0.13" ( a reindeer hair over
1/8th)
> 
> No doubt the shorter Berg lost some thickness in flattening & honing.  I have
another in very similar condition.
> 
> I'd be interested to know the thickness of NOS Bergs, as I don't have any :-(
> 
> Don