Chisel Restoration

[@seeitpickitbinit2510]

One thing you quickly learn when you buy and tune hundreds of 19th century chisels, is that most have at sometime been cooked, or overheated by someone on a fast grinder.😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️

[@joseraygoza7808]

Yes! Absolutely Correct.

[@JerrySmith-ih9rd]

Very good point.

[@CanadianSpaceBoy]

If it's just the tidbits not bad but if you mean they flattened the back and overheated it then thats just sad...

[@joemarkel2391]

For all remarking on the quality of this restoration, it does seem to me that this guy's got a lot less to work with than some of these restoration youtubers with tens of thousands of dollars in equipment geared specifically toward what they're doing. What really matters here is that @Flying W Forge took a project he did and felt good enough about it to show everybody, despite his means and despite not being 100% perfect in doing it. I still say good job to him

[@johnthomson2317]

Well said Sir

[@whimsicalannie2]

this was a dream to watch and so relaxing. What a fabulous job. Thank you for sharing your time, energy and experience. I'm about to restore some battered old chisels but I am without a lathe and so will have to be inventive with my carving tools and wet stones

[@aib0160]

Old tools are vastly superior to new tools yet can be picked up for next to nothing on many occasions. With a make-over like this they'll last another a lifetime for the next owner too.

[@duncanpatrick4655]

I have a set of chisels the same make,bought when I started my apprenticeship 50 years ago.Swedish made,excelent steel.

[@brandonwilliams8003]

You have yourself a good set of tools, anything Swedish is premium quality, don’t ever sell them

[@00Dusty]

I inherited my grandfather tools from just after the war the steel is so much better than modern tools!

[@WielderOfTheFlameOfAnor]

Do not wear gloves while operating a lathe folks... It could mean the difference between a busted knuckle and a hand twisted off.

[@davidgoodwin6522]

Beautiful I love the handle .

[@jkjm3016]

Beautifull restoration I loved

[@bo-be-qbarbecueausderseest1663]

Nicer than new! Great job 👍

[@oldfartengineering977]

Nicely done. Nothing better than old tools, the quality is far better than what is mass produced today. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@goldentoolsbox3955]

Well done bro... I like your work

[@Brab82]

Beautiful work

[@taytase]

Stunning work! I look forward to seeing many more of your videos.

[@jeremybell5543]

Excellent work.... you’ve got yourself a new subscriber 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Arskanbooki]

Darkening the blade and handle was a good idea. It gave a great finishing touch. Now it looks like it should: an old chisel in excellent condition.

[@dalinean]

I don't like faking a finish no matter how good it looks. I have used dark wood in the past. Not my style of restoration but taste is a personal thing. nice work.

[@Arskanbooki]

@@dalinean What about painting or polishing? Isn't that faking as well?

[@andyldc1]

Lovely job found the music relaxing as well look forward to seeing some more 👌

[@ALSomthin]

Try using orange norton blaze belts they work really well they dont seem to heat the metal up during reshaping of the bevel end of a chisel. I ground one to a fine edge using a 60 grit belt and it did not turn the fine edge blue and wreck the temper. They cut really well and seem to hold up for quite awhile

[@idrissiddique6322]

Nice work mate

[@TheTinyWorkshop]

Very nice restoration. That burning of the wooden handle has become very beautiful. I will try this myself soon. Subscribed and hope to see more of your work.

[@thismonthindub]

What are the last steps you do, after burning the tang into the handle? Some kind of coating on the steel?

[@CuffyFPS]

How have you only got 1k views? This is literally the best restoration I’ve seen!

[@michael.h.bradley1865]

my friend , you have a very rare chisel there. it says Germany, Britzone, so was most probably made between 1945 and 1951, approximately. nice job too

[@darufus7531]

can you tell me what for a lathe do you have? looks cute and good enough for me ;) thx

[@amadeuszprokop2354]

I want it to know it too, what kind of late is it?

[@lekpunk4017]

good job.👍👍👍👍

[@florakis]

0:50 is that a Yamaha on the background?

[@melissabarron1574]

Awesome job!

[@barthanes1]

The tip of the chisel had blue and yellow and brown oxide discoloration indicating it had been overheated. This chisel probably needs to be heat treated and tempered again for it to maintain an edge.

[@MrJckDoo]

Would you wonder? Sharpening on a belt sander?? Geez!

[@PM-wt3ye]

@@MrJckDoo haha thats a common thing dude. The discoloration can be seen at the beginning, not after the sharpening

[@autumn5592]

It does not need to be rehardened, just ground past the overheated part. This guy also overheated the edge when he sharpened it on the belt grinder.

[@slomkaadas9603]

Nicely done m8

[@jfred1924]

Looks absolutely great, Nice work

[@abiel.rodriguez]

All blade bevels ruined.

[@michaellienhoop2387]

What kind of wood you made the handle ?

[@Pileits]

What is the name of the song and the person's name who wrote this song you are using to accompany your video?

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

Well done!

[@MikeAG333]

Next job: sort out your vice, and mount it properly. When the tang cooled, it went loose in the handle, didn't it. That's certainly not the orthodox way of fitting a handle, and there are good reasons orthodoxies develop. What angle did you use for the primary and secondary bevels? You don't know, because this is a "bling for KZbin" video rather than the proper restoration of a chisel. Give it to a woodworker and they'll put your work right. Finally, if you put a ferrule at the top of a handle, you put it slightly down from the end, or you cap the end with leather. The arrangement you came up with will ruin both the ferrule and the mallet used to hit it, as well as making hand work such as paring impossible from day one. Those people saying "nice work" have no idea how a chisel works, obviously, because you have just created an unusable one.

[@flyingwforge4628]

I've definitely got a lot to learn still! But I don't mind making some mistakes long the way. The tang had with about a 1/16 of an inch before it was fully seated, so when I hammered it in the final time, it was secured pretty well within the handle. Since it's a parring chisel, instead of a bench one, I went with a 20 degree primary and a 25 degree secondary micro bevel. I figured since I don't know what type of steel it is, those angles should provide a strong cutting edge regardless of the carbon content. You definitely caught me making youtube bling when I hit it with the hammer. Shouldn't do that to a parring (hand) chisel! I should also round off the end to make it a bit more comfortable to push with. That janky vise is a whole other story though!

[@Dubhain82]

Nice work.

[@yauwohn]

The back of a wood chisel should ALWAYS be polished on a very flat stone, to achieve a razor sharp honed edge, ANY imperfections on the back will show up as "nicks" in the cutting edge. I spend a couple of hours on polishing the backs of new chisels on a diamond sharpening "stone" to flatten the backs, better known as polishing until all the "bumps and hollows" are polished out.

[@mikemccollum4521]

Why not add a wafer of leather to the end of handle and save the brass?

[@AndrewDawes]

great video - what did you polish the blade with from the bottle?

[@flyingwforge4628]

Cold blue solution. I apply it with a paper towel and then hit it with 2000 grit. I repeat until I get the results that I want, then oil it.

[@jorgefsanchezmarin]

I think this video IS a "how to"... An excellent job in there¡ Bravo¡¡

[@scottleft3672]

That poor old chisel sure knew the meaning of "Give it a bit of OOOMMF, lad".

[@rattlejake0422]

OH NO!!! YOU DIDN'T SHARPEN THE BEVEL AT 24.375* WITH A 32.75* MICROBEVEL!!! YOU'VE ***RUINED*** THE TOOL FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER Yeesh, some of these comments need to *relax* ... Not the way I'd do everything either but I liked the way you finished the handle. Wrapping a file in sandpaper's a good trick, too. Thanks for that.

[@ironicmas]

nice restoration, also love the music, anyone knows the name of this music

[@jipplejapple3347]

It's royalty free music. You can find it on royalty free music sites

[@ironicmas]

@@jipplejapple3347 Thank you

[@markmckenna1353]

What is the music and who makes it?

[@DSakarias]

Dude, you payed for the whole saw. Why are you using only third of it?

[@ft1ctma]

You can do whatever you want to your tools, but it's clear that, as you say, you're not a woodworker. Which is fine. If you DO want to become a woodworker, buy a quality chisel (preferably from somewhere other than where you got that horrible Craftsman saw). Then compare it to what you did to the bevel on this chisel (on some hardwood. Not construction-grade pine.) You will quickly come to understand why so many comments are negative here. If you just did what you did to this poor chisel to hang on the wall for decoration, I say bravo. The silver lining is that the chisel was drop-forged in British occupied Germany shortly after WWII, so the steel quality is likely very poor, meaning no valuable tools were harmed in the making of this video.

[@alembicboy]

Very fine job. 😍

[@allencasey6981]

I wonder if he's ever thought about restoring his vise?

[@mytapoiss]

one step at the time, vise will get his turn, I am sure

[@rishabhlsingh7137]

Ha ha ha

[@JR-qz3zt]

Or his hammer, channel locks...........

[@SWhite-hp5xq]

Could do with some tightening down to the bench

[@k9six185]

Don’t fix what ain’t broke

[@xMrsmileyfacex]

Why in GOD's name would you sand off the forge mark.

[@edwardwilliams4197]

It would be a lovely job IF it had been sharp!

[@randomkitty2555]

With the stamp gone the owner would have been justified to say that it was replaced with a generic off the shelf chisel.

[@dixonqwerty]

Great job!

[@oakley2480]

Torch brand?

[@jacque6184]

What chuck is that?

[@r2_edc]

Enjoyed the video - especially since you work with commonly available tools. What model lathe is that? I have a 8x4 space for my work area in the garage and struggling to find a small but capable lathe. Thanks

[@noeaguinaga4018]

Flying w forge where did you get that lathe the green one

[@k9six185]

That is,if I am not mistaken a Central pneumatics...a.k.a. Harbor Freight

[@johndennis3181]

Who cares about the manufactures stamp? The tool was trash and now it is usable! Nice work restoring with minimal tools...

[@autumn5592]

I, and many others. If it was some no-name generic shit, like amazon special straight from China, I'm with you, sand it off or dont care for it. But on OLD tools, it's a beautiful thing, should be taken care of.

[@ritaprofguima]

Que líquido é esse que vc passou?

[@kevin5073]

You should do your vise next.

[@esaalvi3763]

Very nice

[@Shadowvortx]

The handle shape and blue logo leads me to believe that you have an E.A. Berg, but the blade markings are of German British Zone, which would date it to Germany during the allied occupation. Very interesting piece.

[@vintagemachineworks]

Nice work

[@Spiralem]

sharpening with sanding belt?

[@alcinosoares2229]

Gostei da restauração do fortão.

[@whytho1]

Nice, next time leave the chisel proud of the brass so you're not banging your mallet against metal. You want a bit of mushrooming of the wood

[@tylerlloydboone]

People: stop burning a perfectly good piece of wood. You spend time cutting and shaping a nice chunk of beauty and then destroy it. Do you buy a gorgeous piece of walnut and stain it with black dye? Whoever started this trend needs to be sacked.

[@binomesprite7829]

Makes the wood insect resistant... just sayin'

[@N1ck00]

Whoever started this trend? Do you mean Japan 300+ years ago? It's a perfectly solid finish if he's using a softwood, which it looks like he is. This isn't some $500 bog oak handle, and shou sugi ban is a common and valid technique. If you want to complain, he ruined the chisel's temper by hot grinding it. Other than that, this restoration was fine and he likes how it looks.

[@tylerlloydboone]

Niloss I have seen various people perform this technique in many different style recently. I disagree with the appearance of burnt wood as a finish. Wood is beautiful. Stain it clear, wax it clear, spray it clear. Yeah, it is a chisel. Not a 200+ year old cherry Armoire. I get that. If you don’t want it to look like wood, use something else. PS: Japan, clean out your desk. ; )

[@N1ck00]

@@tylerlloydboone I mean...it doesn't make it not look like wood. It certainly looks aged and very darkened, but it's not like finishing it with paint. You don't have to like it, but it's a good tool finish, so the criticism is really subjective. Also not sure what you mean by "clean out your desk" to an effective carpentry technique. I guess we should ban timber frame construction and stop using those absurd dovetail joints as well?

[@anthonykot]

Is that a chisel in your pocket or are you just glad to see me ..

[@Donegaldan]

Great skills, a craftsman with Craftsman tools. I would like to know what the liquid is that he used to finish the blade 15:08.

[@flyingwforge4628]

I used Brownells Oxpho Blue. Instead of a cotton ball and steel wool like the directions say, I use a paper towel and 2000 grit sand paper and layer it a few times in order to creep up to the results that I want. This has also made the finish much more uniform for me.

[@Donegaldan]

@@flyingwforge4628 Thank you

[@anthonywilson4873]

Nice exercise on how to do a KZbin Vid. Music was excellent and calming cutting and editing great, Comments from chisel specialists valid about blade steel overheating, would be good follow up to anneal, harden and temper the blade steel. Cherry red cool in sand to cool down slowly, cherry red quench in water/oil. Gently. straw colour and quench in water/oil, cleaning thoroughly between each process. Then sharpen on stone would be good research a good vid and the chisel experts would be happy. I am only quoting stuff I learned in school many many years ago in the metal shop. Experts please advise more.

[@АндрейНикитенко-ф4с]

Manufacturer's stamp destroyed

[@SWhite-hp5xq]

But then again he’s brought new life to a tool that’d most likely be thrown away.

[@tructieptinvui1248]

It's very useful, let's do a good job, see you again

[@cristianvaldez-ramirez3618]

Sure are a ton of restoration experts in these comments.

[@2805224]

made ferrule to loose so it cracked the handle, polished it within an inch of it's life , an whats wrong with using oil stones to sharpen it you made a PIGS EAR of it , what else you going to fuck up?

[@michaelintile7836]

This applies to most of the restorations I see on KZbin - why in the name of God do you round all corners? Do not use sandpaper and leave all edges sharp - please. Most videos about restorations I see here, destroy more than they restore - sorry.

[@autumn5592]

The only sharp corner you need on a chisel is the cutting edge. Defined lines are not sharp corners.

[@michaelintile7836]

@@autumn5592 Nonsense and irrelevant. It's about restoring with respect for what you restore. If you can't do it properly, you should at least stop posting it on KZbin.

[@KM-ug6il]

Yeah, all nice and shiny, but you ruined it's authenticity by grinding off the factory stamping.

[@mauriceryton]

With all due respect do a vlog on restoring your vice.

[@dotoan5345]

Bạn làm tốt lắm

[@Респект333]

На мой взгляд, пятку нужно было делать стальную.

[@sirsaiyed4814]

I consider buying a new one would be easy

[@fahedq825]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jkg2754]

What in the hell is that hand saw !!!!!

[@jimmywalker8013]

I have a butter knife that can do the same cuts at the end

[@kurthansen570]

Very beautiful end result and very entertaining video. The music was awful, though. ;-)

[@arnaldomoreno2381]

Expetacle

[@joem1413]

Too much time fooling with handle, Needs more time learning how to sharpen a chisel, when he put the edge against that sanding belt my hair stood up.

[@yauwohn]

Same here!! wood chisels should ALWAYS be sharpened on a stone or a slow very fine grinder with water cooling.

[@terrysmith8505]

I agree

[@lee2003uk]

i need a lathe

[@charleyturner419]

me too buddy me too

[@davetarrant6888]

At least it is pretty!

[@marcoboelens1349]

Its a nooitgedagt. A dutch chizle

[@autumn5592]

No

[@philipmaclarenjr.2004]

No thanks

[@DCPorter71]

Nice job. Subbed. Looking forward to your next video. More videos like this and I reckon your channel will do very well ;-)

[@MrFYVM]

Restoration and Rejuvenation are two different things. To Restore something, is to return it to it's original state. This is not what you did, which is why so many comments are negative. You Rejuvenated this Chisel. You didn't Restore it. Learn the difference if you want a more positive reaction to your videos.

[@ncsuperdad]

I feel like I need a cigarette after watching tool porn. Wow

[@frankdempsey3743]

Be

[@Scribe3168]

Check out the ‘experts’ in this comment section!

[@prettygrunt]

All that work, just to prove that you don't know how to use a chisel.

[@chris7662]

Shut the fuck up dickhead

[@prettygrunt]

@@chris7662 lol, triggered much asshat?

[@prettygrunt]

@@chris7662 lolol, I just looked through your profile, you are a wee sad fuck, still live with mother? Hahaha hahaha hahaha!

[@riccardo-964]

I usually don't comment, but you over-burn it............

[@johngreystokeclayton]

hopelessly wrong and useless on so many levels

[@davo7512]

At least give him some constructive criticism

[@johngreystokeclayton]

@@davo7512 Shined up an old chisel and put a new handle on it--is that worth a 20 minute video? I won't waste further bandwidth...too many poor innocent electrons have perished already

[@davo7512]

Andrew Davis I know what he did wrong it’s just you talked shit about his video and didn’t explain why. How can someone improve if you don’t tell them what they did wrong

[@johngreystokeclayton]

@@davo7512 he simply shouldn't waste precious bandwidth

[@SunnyXVNV]

the last shot ruined the whole video

[@Sean-vs3se]

NO talking 😩🙄😩

[@shantelguetgen4157]

I did it myself with the Woodglut plans. I think this is the best way to find out how to build it.

[@amadeuszprokop2354]

What kind of lathe is it?