Blue Paper Steel Chisel

Japanese cabinetmakers chisels for sale.
Blue paper steel chisel. Blue spruce toolworks chisels are some of the finest available. We have several styles to match the scale and type of work you need to do. Chisel overall length is 5 3 4. If the edge suddenly turns blue as you grind you re cooked.
The only remedy is to keep grinding and remove the soft blued steel. Japanese blue and white steel. All the bevels of the 1 4 chisels were ground and honed at 30 degrees while all the 3 4 chisels bar the veritas were also at 30 degrees. Grinding will naturally heat up your chisel but too much heat will kill the steel s temper rendering it unable to hold an edge.
The most widely available japanese tool steel is manufactured in two forms. Blue steel has a carbon content of 1 1 5 chrome 0 2 0 5 and 1 1 5 tungsten. The chisels used in order were the veritas pm v11 vintage not the new versions stanley 750 which is a hcs similar to o1 but i am unsure of the specific type koyamaichi white steel and blue spruce a2. Each blue steel bench chisels forge welded by hand from a combination of special hitachi blue steel and wrought iron.
He had just recently developed these extraordinary chisels. Dovetail chisels are lighter weight versions of bench chisels and excel in smaller. Made from the finest hitachi blue paper steel. Matsumura personally sharpens each blade to a razor like edge.
Matsu blue paper steel chisel set these extraordinary chisels are made by the matsumura family from the finest hitachi blue paper steel. Daitei brand chisels made of blue steel blue steel is a little different from the white paper steel that is used in some of the other high quality japanese chisels and plane irons we sell. Blue steel and white steel named for the color of the wrapping paper used by the maker. We were taken back by their quality and usefulness.
Every blue steel bench chisel is made one at a time by master of blacksmiths matsumura with his wife occasionally assisting with. After curing in charcoal for several days they are then individually tempered to rockwell c65. Bench chisels are considered the most universal chisel and can accomplish most woodworking tasks.