5/16" Chisels

[steven c newman]

Last year at the West Liberty Tractor Fest on Labour Day......found a mortise chisel by Buck Brothers. Socket chisel, was missing a handle....found a handle in another tub, same dealer....couple of taps to rejoin the two....$1....
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Just measured the width...what I thought was a 3/8" chisel turned out to be a 5/16" Mortise chisel.. This is NOT a short, little chisel...from cutting edge to socket start,,,over 6" long.

Logo on the chisel...Buck Brothers Cast Steel.

[Bruce Haugen]

Two Cherries has been offering an 8mm (and sizing in 2mm increments from 2mm-30mm and 5mm increments 30mm - 50mm) since the 1970's - their recent decision to make the the Ulmia-style octagonal handles available as an alternative to those weird fat oval handles is nice to see.

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I have a set of Hirsch chisels that I really like, except, as you call them, "those fat oval handles." I cut all those off and replaced them with handles of the same design that are on my Bergs. Good to see that Two Cherries finally made a switch.

[bridger berdel]

I have 5/16 bracketed, but none present.

[Andrey Kharitonkin]

Interestingly, most chisel sets in metric oftentimes also omit 8 mm chisel (6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 26 mm). Yet I've learned that it's the right size for making something like stool. Coming from that end, what chisel (mortise-tenon thickness) do you use to make a stool?