Woodworking expert opinion welcome

[outofbounds]

Wondering what this behemoth chisel was used for……26” overall length x 3” blade width.

 

[Firebrick43]

That is a "Slick" It is/was used commonly in timber framed construction to clean up by hand(not to be hit with a hammer) after the waste roughly removed.

Wood boat/ship builders used them commonly as well.

 

[crguy]

Called a bevel back slick. Is there a makers name on it. These are all 3" wide and up. Biggest is a 6" Greenlee.

 

[RTM]

Clean up by hand(not to be hit with a hammer) after the waste roughly removed.

Usually the handles are loose, so they can be put into a tool bag or box. Beware the sharp bits falling off the wood bit and taking off a toe or two.

The technique I've heard is it is to be held, and pushed with your shoulder. Never used mine yet.

 

[Firebrick43]

Usually the handles are loose, so they can be put into a tool bag or box. Beware the sharp bits falling off the wood bit and taking off a toe or two.

The technique I've heard is it is to be held, and pushed with your shoulder. Never used mine yet.

It’s all fun and game until someone looses a toe!

 

[2oolhound]

Think wood plane without the cumbersome body, just the blade that you hold. Guide the blade with your hands and push or lean on with your shoulder. They are like a wood plane so you just shave with it but because there is no body you can shave right into the end of a tight notch. This is how you achieve extremely tight fitting joints in timber construction and why they were most popular with ship builders (nothing worse than a leaky boat).

Slicks have a slight curve on the blade so that if you press the blade flat on the floor the handle is raised up and doesn't touch the floor. A framing chisel doesn't have this curve of the blade.

crguy what an unbelievable collection! That 6" is a wood shovel!

 

[Mike'smeatshop]

Think wood plane without the cumbersome body, just the blade that you hold. Guide the blade with your hands and push or lean on with your shoulder. They are like a wood plane so you just shave with it but because there is no body you can shave right into the end of a tight notch. This is how you achieve extremely tight fitting joints in timber construction and why they were most popular with ship builders (nothing worse than a leaky boat).

Slicks have a slight curve on the blade so that if you press the blade flat on the floor the handle is raised up and doesn't touch the floor. A framing chisel doesn't have this curve of the blade.

crguy what an unbelievable collection! That 6" is a wood shovel!

Thanks. That is very informative. Got me intrigued.

 

[Joe Huld]

Wondering what this behemoth chisel was used for……26” overall length x 3” blade width.

Given the "rib" down the middle I'd guess it was made by Douglass