Description
This introductory offer has expired. While the set is no longer offered, the chisels and roll are available individually.
We designed our flushing chisels based on a set of antique patternmakers’ chisels from our collection. More than just for flush trimming inlay or joinery, a flushing chisel allows you to work into corners and extend flat surfaces right up to adjacent surfaces where a plane blade cannot reach. One hand pushes the tool while your other hand guides the blade along the workpiece, giving you fine control with a comfortable grip, producing a smooth paring action.
The PM-V11 steel chisel blades are thin, reducing the overall weight of the tool and keeping your fingers close to the surface for a tactile connection to the work. In a departure from the tapered-pin connector of the original chisel set, our interchangeable blades have threaded sockets for a quick, secure connection to the torrefied maple handle. It can be easily disconnected whenever you want to switch blades.
All blades are 5 3/4" long and 1/8" thick; each chisel is roughly 11 3/4" overall. Made in Canada.
The chisel roll is made of black cotton canvas with a pocket for each flushing chisel blade as well as the handle, to keep your set organized and protected.
Antique Flushing Chisels
Historically, this type of chisel is associated with the pattern maker’s trade.
Modern technology eliminated the handwork involved with making a mold pattern; as such, chisels made in this form are now seldom found.
The longer paring chisel supplants a normal cutting tool and allows for close, fine removal of excess material when refining a workpiece that may already be assembled. The longer blade provides a firm reference point when cutting to a flat surface.
Bent or “cranked-neck” versions were especially prized, as the clearance helped one retain control when cutting.
This later, American-made 1930s version had just one interchangeable handle used with a series of blades.
This two-piece construction provided greater control after heat treating and prior to finish grinding, controlling warping and giving a coplanar surface over the length of the blade. Edwin Walker first patented this type of chisel assembly in 1884 (#291,820) and refined it in 1886 (#357,429).
