Yoohoo...Mr. Cherubini?! Seaton Chisel Handles?

Re: Yoohoo...Mr. Cherubini?! Seaton Chisel Handles

Adam Cherubini, NJ

>Look. This is serious question that involves real work. I typically only post bluster and nonsense. You should know better than to expect me to actually provide real information. I much prefer questions asking how we "feel" about low angle planes or some such.

Kidding aside

I read your post earlier- Joel currently has a selection of my chisels and raised some good points about my handles, so I thought I should do some more research. Some features I have wrong, others may be exaggerated.

I'll report back later on what I think is right and what is wrong.-Come to think of it, that would be a good WC article or maybe even a good EAIA article- "early chisel handle shapes". I think there's something to learn there, and something worth documenting. Who do we know that's got access to a big selection of 18th century originals? Anybody? I certainly can check my books.

I'll tell you one of the coolest and most improbable handles is the socket firmer. I really like that handle.

Adam

Rob Lee maybe?

Derek,

>Who has the old chisels you speak of? There is a rumor going around that Lee Valley has quite a collection of old tools...

Of course I wouldn't want to spread any rumors!

Re: Yoohoo...Mr. Cherubini?! Seaton Chisel Handles

Todd Hughes

>Guess I have more then a couple...going have to look around and find where I put them. I think the one charistic of most is that they weren't turned but were octagon shaped,[though some were turned]. I think the reason most were not turned is because wood workers would buy them with out the handles and make thier own handles and probably most woodworkers back then didn't have a lathe.....Todd...trying to remember where his old chisels are

Re: Yoohoo...Mr. Cherubini?! Seaton Chisel Handles

Louis Bois

>I've spoken to a few scottish patternmakers that saw their formative years doing "child slave labour", as they put it...in large shops in Glasgow. The most interesting handles they used were multi-faceted, sometimes up to 16 faces. I haven't actually seen one of these, but it would be interesting to find a few in the wild. I'm a few miles away from those old stomping grounds however...so it's highly unlikely that I'll stumble into them.