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273932 scottg <scottg@s...> 2021‑06‑13 traveling chisel
A chisel of limited gloriousity.
   This chisel slept in bags and boxes for many years. It traveled in 
trucks and cars.
It went up on roofs and down into basements and to the bottom of 
bridges. It pared drawers and eased entry doors, hacked construction 
joints, made big lap joints or whatever else was asked.
   It was treated with marginal respect
But she came though every single time anyway.

Another personal road warrior. Still ready for service should the 
occasion arise

  http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/stanleychisel.jpg

I recall spending maybe an hour making the sheath (no pattern to follow, 
I was making it up).
  Time well spent
  yours scott

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    Scott Grandstaff
    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
    scottg@s...
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273934 Stephen Rosenthal <srosenthal26@g...> 2021‑06‑13 Re: traveling chisel
Scott,

I’ve got a few of the exact same chisels - Stanley No. 60s - as well as some
plastic handled Buck Bros. No. 100s, complete with paint specks and protected by
much less elegant blue tape and Plasti-Dip. They were my dad’s, so they’re more
than 60 years old. I can bang the hell out of them (as I’m sure my dad did) and
they keep coming back for more. Since discovering and utilizing the Unicorn
method of sharpening, they perform every bit as good as my set of LN chisels. So
much for all the gobbledygook about modern steels.

Stephen
273936 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑06‑13 Re: traveling chisel
Unicorn method?

Don

On 2021-06-13 10:08 a.m., Stephen Rosenthal wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I’ve got a few of the exact same chisels - Stanley No. 60s - as well as some
plastic handled Buck Bros. No. 100s, complete with paint specks and protected by
much less elegant blue tape and Plasti-Dip. They were my dad’s, so they’re more
than 60 years old. I can bang the hell out of them (as I’m sure my dad did) and
they keep coming back for more. Since discovering and utilizing the Unicorn
method of sharpening, they perform every bit as good as my set of LN chisels. So
much for all the gobbledygook about modern steels.
>
> Stephen
>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 7:52 AM, scottg  wrote:
>>
>> A chisel of limited gloriousity.
>>    This chisel slept in bags and boxes for many years. It traveled in trucks
and cars.
>> It went up on roofs and down into basements and to the bottom of bridges. It
pared drawers and eased entry doors, hacked construction joints, made big lap
joints or whatever else was asked.
>>    It was treated with marginal respect
>> But she came though every single time anyway.
>>
>> Another personal road warrior. Still ready for service should the occasion
arise
>>
>>
http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/stanleychisel.jpg
>>
>> I recall spending maybe an hour making the sheath (no pattern to follow, I
was making it up).
>>   Time well spent
>>   yours scott
>>
>> -- 
>> *******************************
>>    Scott Grandstaff
>>    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
>>    scottg@s...
>>    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
>>    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> 
>
>

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273937 Stephen Rosenthal <srosenthal26@g...> 2021‑06‑13 Re: traveling chisel
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-
bin/readarticle.pl?dir=newarticles&file=articles_958.shtml

As noted in Weaver’s exhaustive study, be sure to check out Winston Chang’s
website and video.
273938 Ed Minch <edminch3@g...> 2021‑06‑13 Re: traveling chisel
I have them too.  I carry a canvas rigger’s bag with pockets for the whole set.
I have added a 1-1/2” and 2”.  Great chisels - take a fine edge, last a long
time, and I’m not afraid to beat them up

Ed Minch
273940 Kirk Eppler 2021‑06‑14 Re: traveling chisel
That’s in my Loan to the Neighbors set.  They’ve hit nails, come back with
the edge beat up, and a quick sharpening, and they are ready to go again.

Kirk in Half Moon Bay, cleaned up some small WW project messes today.

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 2:53 PM Ed Minch  wrote:

> I have them too.  I carry a canvas rigger’s bag with pockets for the whole
> set.  I have added a 1-1/2” and 2”.
> > On Jun 13, 2021, at 12:08 PM, Stephen Rosenthal 
> wrote:
>
>
> > I’ve got a few of the exact same chisels - Stanley No. 60s -

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Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors. Kirk
273942 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2021‑06‑14 Re: traveling chisel
Thanks. I haven't finished reading that yet, but I will. I confess I'd 
be hard-pressed to give up the methods I've adopted, namely those 
developed by our own Brent Beach ( now sadly deceased).

Most regrettably, his service provider (Telus ) discontinued providing 
web site functionality to their customers. I have down-loaded copies of 
some of his pages to my own PC, but I am not in a position to support 
them myself. In any case, what I have is quite incomplete and of course, 
I don't own the rights to it. Basically, Brent methodically researched 
and developed a highly effective system of multiple micro-bevels which 
is inexpensive to implement, and very time-efficient, yielding 
consistent results using 3M micro-abrasives on glass. Scary Sharp taken 
to the next level. His calculators and jig designs are invaluable, IMO. 
I take some pleasure in having encouraged him to investigate & create a 
calculator for micro-bevel angles of tapered plane irons.

Happily, I find that Brent's pages have been given new life here:

https://brentbeach.ca/Sharpen/index.html

Kudos to whoever decided to do that!

It's a rabbit hole, but well worth the journey!

Don



On 2021-06-13 11:31 a.m., stephen rosenthal wrote:
> http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-
bin/readarticle.pl?dir=newarticles&file=articles_958.shtml
> <http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-
bin/readarticle.pl?dir=newarticles&file=articles_958.shtml>
>
>
> As noted in Weaver’s exhaustive study, be sure to check out Winston 
> Chang’s website and video.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Unicorn method?
>>
>> Don
>>
>> On 2021-06-13 10:08 a.m., Stephen Rosenthal wrote:
>>> Scott,
>>>
>>> I’ve got a few of the exact same chisels - Stanley No. 60s - as well 
>>> as some plastic handled Buck Bros. No. 100s, complete with paint 
>>> specks and protected by much less elegant blue tape and Plasti-Dip. 
>>> They were my dad’s, so they’re more than 60 years old. I can bang 
>>> the hell out of them (as I’m sure my dad did) and they keep coming 
>>> back for more. Since discovering and utilizing the Unicorn method of 
>>> sharpening, they perform every bit as good as my set of LN chisels. 
>>> So much for all the gobbledygook about modern steels.
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>> On Jun 13, 2021, at 7:52 AM, scottg  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A chisel of limited gloriousity.
>>>>   This chisel slept in bags and boxes for many years. It traveled 
>>>> in trucks and cars.
>>>> It went up on roofs and down into basements and to the bottom of 
>>>> bridges. It pared drawers and eased entry doors, hacked 
>>>> construction joints, made big lap joints or whatever else was asked.
>>>>   It was treated with marginal respect
>>>> But she came though every single time anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Another personal road warrior. Still ready for service should the 
>>>> occasion arise
>>>>
>>>>
http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/stanleychisel.jpg
>>>>
>>>> I recall spending maybe an hour making the sheath (no pattern to 
>>>> follow, I was making it up).
>>>>  Time well spent
>>>>  yours scott
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> *******************************
>>>>   Scott Grandstaff
>>>>   Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
>>>>   scottg@s...
>>>>   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
>>>>   http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> -- 
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>>
>> “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The 
>> important thing is not to stop questioning.”  - Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>>
>>

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