This Just Landed - Bevel Edge Chisel Lands

[Jim Koepke]

Another thread mentioned lands on chisels.

Instead of hijacking that thread this one was started to show different chisels with different lands.

I recall Derek Cohen ground some of his chisels with more of a triangle profile. I am not sure if any western chisels are available with a similar profile.

Here are my 8 1/4" bevel edged chisels for comparison:

Quarter Inch Bevel Edge Chisels.jpg

These are lined up from the smallest land to the largest.

From left to right they are; a Buck Brothers crank neck chisel, a Buck Brothers tang chisel, a Marples blue handle, a Witherby, a Stanley, a Defiance (not sure if it was owned by Stanley at the time) and two modern Buck Brothers chisels most likely made a few years apart.

Here is a close up of the tips:

Chisel Land Detail.jpg

Hopefully others will have other chisels to add in.

Just a note on the Defiance chisel. The lands on this were very rough. It looked like it had saw marks. A lot of time was spent smoothing the sides. There is just a little patch of the roughness left as a reminder. This was one of my first 1/4" chisels.

jtk

[Judson Green]

ah I see that you have lined your dog holes too!

[Hilton Ralphs]

The Veritas 1/4" detail chisel has that triangular profile with thin(ish) lands.

[Jim Koepke]

ah I see that you have lined your dog holes too!

Howdy Judson,

That is actually lined from the factory for a type of surface clamp.

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It comes in handy at times.

jtk

[Michael Ray Smith]

Here are my 8 1/4" bevel edged chisels for comparison:
jtk

EIGHT chisels? And that's just the 1/4" ones? And just the bevel sided ones?

I'm in awe, in the presence of Neanderthal greatness.