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Hewing broad axe and 1" slick.

I also can't read the maker of the slick. My guess is that it is American made.
The axe was a good find as I have been looking for a couple of years now.
 
Cabinetman said:
Couldn’t quite read all of the name on the chisel, is it American made?
That Axe has seen some use, and nothing to stop you showing it a fair bit more, good finds!
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No I believe its Sheffield from 1800s, William Ash. I think i have one of their slicks around here somewhere, great steel
 
According to Geoffrey Tweedale, William Ash senior (c 1782-1874) was in the edge tool business in Sheffield in the 1840s when he turned the business over to his son, also called William Ash, who ceased trading in the 1850s.

The brand name "William Ash & Co" was then acquired by Burys & Co Ltd who were still making edge tools at the turn of the century and were themselves taken over by Samuel Osborn & Company in 1915.

Good find though!
 
AndyT said:
According to Geoffrey Tweedale, William Ash senior (c 1782-1874) was in the edge tool business in Sheffield in the 1840s when he turned the business over to his son, also called William Ash, who ceased trading in the 1850s.

The brand name "William Ash & Co" was then acquired by Burys & Co Ltd who were still making edge tools at the turn of the century and were themselves taken over by Samuel Osborn & Company in 1915.

Good find though!
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For $40 not bad.
 
duke said:
For $40 not bad.
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Where I live its near impossible to find any slick (even just the metal) for under $100. In good condition with nice handles its more like $200-300
 
Slick or long handled chisel? In my mind, and I since googled, slicks have long handles and very wide blades for paring the joints on massive timber frames.
 
Yes, looks like a slick. Slick is used to pare with hand force only and shouldn't be struck. I don't know when a paring chisel becomes a slick but it's probably more to do with the chisel and handle lengths than the shear width although they usually are very wide. Also the chisel probably shouldn't start to tip up as you get nearer the socket so that it can be progressed still flat.

It just looks like my framing socket chisel but the difference being mine can be struck and it's 1 1/2" wide.

Great find.

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