My All-Time Favorite Chisel
Let me begin by saying I am not a chisel geek. Not that much of a chisel expert at all, actually. Bless the hearts of those who stolidly believe that their hair will fall out and they become two inches shorter and grow warts if they were to use anything but a chisel crafted of A2 cryogenically treated steel, formed from a meteorite which fell on Stonehenge on the eve of the summer solstice. If it works for them, that’s fine, but I guess I’m of a different ilk. Now, I do have about fifty chisels, a fair number of which are Henry Taylor’s and Heinkels, etc. I also have a prized set of five lovingly cared for old Stanley socket chisels my father used for making gunstocks. I’ve also b...
