Let's Make a Chisel...

[Ryan]

Damn the gloves or any form of hand protection at all, let's make a chisel...


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[dr_clyde]

John Neeman is an excellent craftsman. I would love to buy an axe of his someday.

 

[VoodooCLD]

What is that large chisel used for? Would you hammer on the wood handle?

 

[rcktsled]

No, it's a slick for shaving joints on a timber frame building. You push it with both hands.

Blacksmiths will tell you they don't wear gloves because they lose the "feel" of the hammer. No excuse for skipping the eyewear, though.

 

[Russ G]

Interesting video. I wish I had more time to pursue projects like that. Happy New Year to all the readers.

 

[Bears Fan]

Wow that chisel turned out beautiful! Amazing

 

[hewey]

Amazing craftsmanship. I love the mix of medieval blacksmithing and then lazer etching his logo onto the handle.

What is the honeycomb melted on the metal for? Is it like a bees wax finish to protect the metal?

 

[rcktsled]

Yup it's beeswax.

 

[dutchgray]

What is that large chisel used for? Would you hammer on the wood handle?

You could with a mallet on a wooden chisel handle, slicks are not meant to be struck however so you wouldn't.

 

[paulsomlo]

Interesting contrast in technology between the coals of the forge and the laser for engraving.

 

[Finky198]

I knew I had a pic here's an old USA made Douglas mfg. It's over 2"

Cool post. Yeah John Neeman makes like the holy grail of timber framing tools...

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[CobraRed]

Interesting contrast in technology between the coals of the forge and the laser for engraving.

I really like that aspect

 

[KRB52]

He even makes his own beeswax! I want to have that kind of fun (if not talent) before I get too old to lift a hammer.

 

[congo]

Does he wear that sweater while using the lathe to keep his workshop clean? Because it looks like it would collect every shaving he makes.

 

[Yamaguy]

Wow amazing!

 

[RivennHewn]

I knew I had a pic here's an old USA made Douglas mfg. It's over 2"

Cool post. Yeah John Neeman makes like the holy grail of timber framing tools...

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Nice tools, and way above anything I could make, but I wonder if 150 years from now his stuff will be as sought after as that Douglass chisel is today.

Douglass was bought out by James Swan in 1894.

They are two of my favorite edge tool manufacturers.

Does your chisel have a readable maker's mark?

 

[Finky198]

It does but it fairly faint... Thanks for the lesson I do used it fairly regularly when we have framing project going on... I will try and get another pic or 2 when I'm at the shop tomorrow.

 

[organ]

A Neeman chisel is no better than an old Swan, PSW, Witherby, etc.

 

[rmalkow2]

A definite work of art.

 

[hewey]

John Neeman is an excellent craftsman. I would love to buy an axe of his someday.

Was poking around their website because I really love their work and found this http://www.neemantools.com/en/about-us/story

There is no one person named “John Neeman”. The name was developed to appeal to broader audiences rather than our native names. The smith’s name, Janis Nimanis, was used as a model to build this name from. The company, idea, philosophy and vision in my heart existed before the name “John Neeman” did. After some time, bladesmiths Chris, Martin and Peeter, joined us as they were master bladesmiths with over 10 years of experience. We worked, as a team of craftsmen, until Janis together with his brother decided to open a side project. This was to be a different, independent and original project where Janis wished to produce different knives than those of the coalition of our designs crafted at Neeman Tools. In the beginning we had no problems with this request. However, it soon became apparent that many of the tools and knives being produced by Janis, were duplicates of our designs, exact replicas. After this was discovered, it was decided by us that Janis needed to leave Neeman Tools. When he did, he took the name “John Neeman” and signed under his Autine project and has used it to single himself out as the original and only smith at Neeman tools.

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

This type of content is great. Thanks for sharing Ryan and Happy New Year!

 

[Banjorear]

This type of content is great. Thanks for sharing Ryan and Happy New Year!

Agreed.

 

[mr. h]

There are 2 more videos in the "Birth of a Tool" series they did on YouTube. One for an ax and a Damascus knife, both very cool videos

 

[oberst]

Agreed.

I was surprised at how (relatively) affordable these tools really are.

I was also surprised at how much they charge to ship these tools in the US

 

[justanengineer]

Cool video, reminds me of being back in shop class. I'm not a fan of hand hammering but always enjoyed making tools, one of these days I'm going to finish the punch set I started in school and a few other similar projects. I've got some V-blocks, parallels, and other homemade tools, always makes me happy when I use them.

 

[404]

Really great video production. Nice tool.

 

[duwem]

Yup it's beeswax.

What is its purpose?

 

[404]

What is its purpose?

Prevents rust. Looks cool going on.

 

[007]

Impressive

 

[magnusk750]

Cool video, great craftmanship, but it hurts watching. No gloves, no eye protection, no hearing protection. I've got a tinnitus from working with angle grinders. Not to bad, but nowadays I try to use hearing protection as soon as I make more noise than hammering nails into wood.

 

[geologist]

John Neeman is an excellent craftsman. I would love to buy an axe of his someday.

Buy it from Autine.

John Neeman leaving Neemantools

Lately I hear many people asking, whether I still perform in project Neemantools, considering I now run my new company – AUTINE. The answer is: NO, at present blades made by me, John Neeman, are only available under AUTINE brand. Decision to leave a project, establishing which took a...

 

[bsaint]

Cool video, great craftmanship, but it hurts watching. No gloves, no eye protection, no hearing protection. I've got a tinnitus from working with angle grinders. Not to bad, but nowadays I try to use hearing protection as soon as I make more noise than hammering nails into wood.

And he's wearing long sleeves around a lathe!