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Old Stanley Chisel

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Old Stanley Chisel

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Old Stanley Chisel

Randy Todd

>I rescued a 1" Stanly chisel that had been broken in half (not a great pry bar) left by the former owner of my shop. I carefully ground a new bevel on the 1 1/2" of blade that was left, and then honed it. Long story short this chisel holds its edge better than anything I own, inclduing my new Two Cherries. This particular chisel has a translucent dark yellow plastic handle with a steel cap on the end. I believe it is marked #60.

Did I just luck upon a particularly good lot of Stanley steel, or do I need to be scrounging rust buckets for more of a similar vintage?

Finally, if anyone has a pile of ugly Stanleys they don't intend to use, I promise I will take good care of them.

Thanks,

Randy Todd

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Roger Nixon

>Years ago when I was a concrete form carpenter, a 3/4" Stanley #60 was a common tool for the trade. Those chisels took a beating (usually from a 22-28 oz Estwing framing hammer, an equally common tool). I keep a set of #60's with my carpentry tools and lately, my grandson has been using them as he finds the short length easier to handle (no pun intended) than his set of Stanley 5002's.

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Clay C in Miami

>IIRC, the #60 dark-yellow-plastic-with-steel-cap is the successor to / later version of the Everlasting chisels - seems I read somewhere that, during the short time that they were both available new, these were even more expensive than the Everlastings.

So, the answer to your question is - dig for more (just don't do it in S. Florida garage sales, where I'm hunting!)

Clay

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Randy Todd

>Thanks for the feed back. Makes me sick that someone took out half of the blade using it as a pry-bar. Everyone knows that is what screwdrivers are made for. ;-)

Randy in Dallas GA

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