Not so much a gloat but I bought these on ebay. They are a Robert Sorby and a couple of Ward's. I don't know the value for sure but I thought they were cool. The big deal to me, and I found out after the fact, was the history.
This is a CC&P from the e-mail he sent after I receved the chisels and had contacted him about a shipping issue.
"These tools came from a friend of mine, Mr. Stephen Misir, who recently passed away at age 87. In his day, Steve was one of the best carvers in the country and had well over 1000 carving tools. He as done work for Frank Sinatra and many other famous folks. He apprenticed under Gutzon Borglum, who did Mount Rushmore. Primarily, he did 18th Century reproductions but also did carving and sculpture in the round. He was quite a guy."
I don't know the names but it's kind of cool knowing where these have been. Did one of these do some work for Sinatra? Nobody can say for sure. I've been a power tool guy for years but I think I'm getting into this neander stuff. It all started with a shoulder plane to fine tune tenons and has sort of snowballed much to LOML's displeasure!
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