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CH12083 Teruo Miyanaga These are special Japanese furniture chisels, Kamji, with a flat rather than a round shank, as well as a slightly longer blade and shank. They are made from wrought iron salvaged from antique scrap iron, with the steel edge being the famous Japanese "Blue" steel, Yasuki. The handles are white oak. Mr. Miyanga is considered one of the finest Japanese chisel makers of all time. This is a set of 8 chisels, 3mm, 6mm, 9mm, 12mm, 15mm, 18mm, 21mm, & 30mm. These chisels were puchased new by our consignor from the Japan Woodworker about 20 years ago. He never used them and they are still in new conditon. The same chisels are still adverstised today by the Japan Woodworker, but at a considerably higher price. I am informed by another owner of similar chisels that the Japan Woodworker website is not up to date and that Mr. Miyanaga has not made chisels for years. He also tells me that these chises are "amazing" and that they are hardened to Rockwell 66-67, which is really hard. He goes on to explain that "the blue steel core is forge welded to a layer of prized Kamaji wrought iron. Kamaji is a special and now rare type of wrought iron that is recovered from ship parts (anchors, anchor chain) produced before they changed the production process in mid 1880's. It is soft enough to support and prevent cracking of the very hard cutting edge of the blade, which can thus be made much harder than a Western chisel." Mint Was $1395, Reduced to $1195.

CH120436 Buck Brothers This is a remarkable set of 8 Buck Brother's chisel and gouges, all from one owner, and all is amazing untouched condition. They would all be bright except for old dried grease on the surface. There are four long paring chisels, 5/8", 1 1/4", 1 3/4" and 2. These measure 13 1/4 to 15 1/2". The gouges are of similar length, out-cannel, and measure 7/8", 1 1/4", 1 5/8", and 1 7/8". All but one has the early rectangular border mark, one gouge has the later stag head mark, but it is definitely from the same set. The socket handles are all original applewood handles. They are not marked Buck Brothers, which is consistent with there age, these chisels pre-date. that. One handle is missing and one handle has a split, which can be pulled up tight and glued. Besides this split, the handles and the blades are all Fine $465

CH110397 C. Hill, Sheffield A superb matched set of 23 carving chisels, all but 3 with matching polished boxwood handles, the other three having polished beech handles. This set is composed of smaller chisels, clearly for doing very fine detailed work. There are no big heaving chisels. There are 13 straight gouges, 3 straight chisels (all very small), a spoon gouge, a swept parting tool, 2 straight parting tools (39 & 41) and three special purpose tools that I have never seen before. Two of them look like fleams and the third like some kind of knife. These tools have been protected with grease and are very bright and clean, although old grease does remain in spots. They have not been cleaned other than to remove the grease. One ferule is missing. The 39 is the only one by a different maker, F. Q. Pearson & Co., a maker that I don't recognize. This kind of condition is found once in a blue moon. I have owned this set for 15 years and now I want somebody else to enjoy owning such a superb set of carving tools. Note that one of the straight gouges has had the end badly chipped and will need to be reground. It has an arrow pointing to it in the photo. For this quality, they are cheap. Fine $895