Tools for Sale

This is a very thick bevel-edge chisel measuring 14.5in long overall. I wouldn't call it a true framing chisel, but it's definitely capable of tough work. It has a good clean back and an excellent handle. It needs the usual bevel grind and hone as you'd expect. A solid worker. $30

This is a standard English tang chisel made in Sheffield by WK&C Peace at the Eagle Works. It has a good handle and a clean blade. It needs a grind and hone and it'll be a fine worker. $24

This is a top quality Sheffield edge tool made by W. Butcher. It has a clean blade and a short, but excellent handle. It's capable of the hardest jobs. A fine working example by this always desirable maker. $30

This is an exceptional example with a super clean back and an excellent handle. It's 14+in long overall. It's marked Hart Mfg. Co. which is a bit of a mystery. There were several companies with this name in the late 19th and early 20th century. It would make an excellent worker with a minimum of time spent tuning it. $35

Greenlee made these chisels in Rockford, IL and listed them in their catalogs as millwright's gouges. They have thick blades and stout handles for work with a mallet. This one measures 1/2in wide across the inside face, 11/16 across the outside. It has an especially clean back with zero pitting. The handle is excellent. It's a hard to find tool in this condition and an excellent working example. $28

This chisel is marked "Made for Sears and Roebuck, Chicago, IL." It's a beautifully made tool and appears quite early based on the forge-welded socket. It's in beautiful condition with an especially clean blade and perfect handle. The blade tapers nicely and is quite thin at the working end, making it a great general purpose bench chisel. It's 13.5in long overall. I think it's something special $28

This gouge was made by JB Addis in Sheffield. It's 16.5in long overall with a thin blade and a very flat sweep. It's the first example of the sort I've seen made by Addis. It has a clean blade with and excellent handle. $35

This chisel was made by PS&W in Southington, CT. It's 13.5in long overall. Both back faces are clean and free of pitting. It's seen use and has some wear on the handle but is still perfectly usable. It's a top quality American edge tool. $35

This chisel was made by the Winsted Edge Tool Works, the same company that made most of the T.H. Witherby chisels that are in such demand today. This one is 14.5in long overall with a stout blade. It could be used for mortising or general purpose bench work. It's thicker than a Stanley 720 but nowhere near a framing chisel. The back has been lapped clean and flat. The handle is perfect. A fine worker $26

This gouge was made by James Swan in Seymour, CT. It has a very thick blade with an inside bevel. It's 14+in long overall and clearly intended for hard work. Swan called these Socket Firmer Millwright's Gouges in the catalogs. This one has a very clean back with no pitting. The handle is excellent. It's a top quality edge tool in excellent working order. $28

This is a high quality edge tool in good, usable condition. The back is clean and free of pitting. It's 16+in long overall. It has a very good handle which is likely not original but perfectly serviceable. An excellent worker made by this highly desirable maker. $40

This is a high quality Sheffield edge tool made by W. Butcher. It's 9in long overall. The working area of the back has been lapped flat and clean. The bevel has a fresh grind. the handle is in excellent condition- a solid worker. $22

This gouge was made by Greaves in Sheffield at the Sheaf Works. It's a very flat incannel paring gouge measuring 9.5in long. It has the usual Greaves handle which is in excellent condition. An unusual gouge in excellent condition, completely free of pitting. $24

This is an early Witherby edge tool based on the maker's mark. It's 12.5in long overall. It has a leather capped handle and a stout blade for use with a mallet. There is discoloration on the inside face but no pitting. A solid worker by this very popular maker. $26

This is a top quality edge tool made by Greenlee in Rockford, IL. It's 12in long overall. It has a steel ringed handle and a stout blade for use with a mallet. There is discoloration on the inside face but no pitting. A solid worker by this high quality maker. $24

This is a mystery to me.. It was made by W. Butcher in Sheffield. The back is rounded like a gouge but the inside face is dead flat.. no hint of sweep at all. It's 10in long overall and in excellent condition, whatever it is. $15

This is a top quality American edge tool made b Buck in Millbury, MA. It's a good, usable gouge with some light pitting on the inside face well away from the bevel area. The handle is well-made but not original. A solid worker.. nothing exceptional. $20

This big mortise chisel was made by Harrington and Heald, a Millbury, MA edge tool maker working from 1855-1856 according to the EAIA DAT. It's in remarkably good condition considering its age. There is no pitting on the working area of the back. The handle is perfect. It measures a whopping 16in long overall. A great early American edge tool. $45

This gouge was made in Sheffield by r. Groves and has the USE trademark. It has a beautiful figured handle. The inside face has zero pitting. It's a standard no. 7 sweep. A high quality worker. $24

This is a 3/8in tang gouge made by Buck in Millbury, MA. It has an inside bevel ground at a very acute angle. I can't explain it. It's in very good condition overall, clearly cared for and used. $12

This chisel was made by PS&W in Southington, CT. It's 15in long overall with a stout hooped handle. The back is clean near the bevel as shown in the photos. It needs the usual sharpening including a bevel grind, but nothing extraordinary. It's in decent shape and will work. $25

This chisel was made by the well known Underhill family of edge tool makers working in New England in various places throughout the 19th century. This example is in very good condition, perfectly usable. The working area of the back is lapped flat and clean, free of pitting. The handle has some wear but still has a lot of hard working life ahead of it. It's a good, usable mortise chisel in a desirable size. $35

This is a big, tough mortise chisel made by Buck in Milbury, MA. It's seen some use and isn't the prettiest, but remains in perfectly usable condition. It measures 16in long overall. The working area of the back is clean and free of pitting. The handle is ugly, but perfectly usable $30

This is an odd sized corner chisel in good condition. It's 16 1/2in long overall. There is no maker's mark. The back faces are clean near the bevel, but have some pitting about an inch back from the working area. The bevels are still in good condition. The handle has some wear but is still perfectly usable. $30