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Family-related tool gloat

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Family-related tool gloat

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Family-related tool gloat

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>My brother Tom is clearing out the storage lockers he rents, as part of simplifying his life. He and his wife are up for the 4th, and he gave me, as an early birthday present, a set of chisels that were a gift from our uncle Edwin, given when Tom was a pre-teen or teenager. So - these date from the late 1950's or so.

I have no idea who was making chisels for Sears back then, but these are pretty little things, wooden handles and all. I'll be looking forward to cleaning them up and trying them out, once this kitchen remodel is done.

I'll definitely be keeping this box, collector value or no.


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Back of box

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>The back of the box has instructions on sharpening chisels. I apologize that this scan is too small to read the text. I'm just not sophisticated enough to produce a 40KB document that's large enough to read.

There are times on this forum when we talk about bevel angles, microbevels, etc., as if we'd discovered them - but the instructions refer to those very practices, though not by those names. Interesting that Sears was sufficiently attuned to right hand tool practices still - by that time, the homeowner's power tool revolution was in full swing.


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Glenn Madsen near San Francisco

>These look very cool! A socket-type chisel, and most likely still good steel at the time.

The ribbon on the package is WAY cooler than the Ford auto parts box on your new-to-you handplane.

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kevin French

>MAN I hope I never have to "simplifying his/MY life." I think it would be easier NOT too.

It's great when tools get past down. There's a something a little extra special about using those tools.

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#5

Well happy early birthday!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>How about a pic of the chisels out of the box? We may be able to play guess the maker then.

👍 This page answered my questions

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