[TheForge] chisels

[Ralph E Douglass]

George Dixon wrote:
> 
> Here are two shots of chisels.
> 
> The first is from the current Nat'l Geographic and shows chisels for
> decorative metalworking (like incising).  These three are from circa
> 1600 BC in Germany.
> http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/chisels-1600bc.jpg
> 
> The second image is one I took today, of a chisel from the Samuel Yellin
> tool collection.  It was made circa 1925, for decorative metalworking
> (like incising), in the USA.
> 
> Yellin and many of his men were European trained immigrants.  Clearly,
> they brought some ancient traditions with them.
> http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/chisel-samuelyellin-c1925.jpg
> 
> George Dixon

Yes I agree George. Have you ever looked at the Mastermyr Find book? The
tools in there are no different than any tools you would see today. And
they are from around 1050-1100AD

Ralph
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