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Carpenter's Framing Chisel


An example of two types of framing chisels from Diderot's Encyclopedia.

   
 
Framing chisel

3312T9
Forged steel with hardwood handle
12" long, 1 1/2" edge. Signed, "W.GRAVES & SONS SCMBAPWORKS; ELECTRO EDRACIL STEEL."

 
Tanged framing chisel
041709t3
Drop forged steel
13 1/4" long, 2" wide, 5/16" thick, signed "THE JAMES SWAN CO" "SEYMOUR, CT. U.S.A." "DOUGLASS MFG. Co", 1859 - 1877. This chisel is double marked with both Charles Douglass and James Swan's marks. Douglass was operating in Seymour from 1859 to 1877 when Swan bought him out.