Ed,

I looked again and realized that there are two White catalogues on the Rose
site, 1909 and 1913. In both, the No. 12 Carpenters' Slick, the turtleback one,
is described as "Steel Laid." The 12A (square-edged) and 12B (bevel-edged)
slicks are "Solid Cast Steel." The big incannel gouges are "Solid Cast Steel,"
as are most of the chisels; but I noticed in passing that a few of the biggest
millwright's firmer chisels are "Steel Laid." Dunno if the use of laid
(laminated, clearly) blades was due to cost or toughness.


Tom Conroy



Ed Minch wrote: 

>Interesting to see (page 7) > that they measure the blades without the socket
or tang to let you know how much
> you can sharpen, so does this means that the blades in 1909 were not
laminated?
>