Just showing off the Witherby 2" chisel I got yesterday.

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From the 1890 Winstead catalog (http://toolemera.com/catpdf/winsted1890CAT.pdf), it could be a Socket Firmer, a Socket Framing, or a Solid Silver Steel Socket Framing Chisel... with maybe a replacement handle. If the handle is original, it looks most like the Socket Firmer.

The logo is <T H WITHERBY> with the ITHERBY in small caps, apparently an early logo. The 2" width of the square-sided blade has 4-1/4" left on it with max thickness of a little over 1/4", the v-neck is 1", and the socket is 3". The handle has 6-1/2" sticking out of the socket but does not have the 'shoulder' at the socket that I've seen with pics of Witherbys. It had a little ~1/16" neck on the end (see the Corner Chisel's handle in the catalog) but since it was so worn down I reshaped the tip to rounded, and it has a section ~1-1/4" back from the tip that looked like it had a ferule. When I find the proper brass or bronze round stock, I'll add the bigger ferule.

It's shaving sharp now and will be used for slick-type work in construction.