Crown Tools 5/16" Mortise Chisel

5/16" (8 mm) Mortise Chisel made by Crown Tools. This chisel has a stiff thick blade for clearing out wood waste & has wide side edges that help keep the chisel square when working in the mortise. The mortice chisel has a leather disc shock absorber to help absorb mallet blows. The varnished Beech handle has a steel ferrule around handle-end for use with chisel mallets.  Made in Sheffield, England.

   As a family owned company, Crown Hand Tools & their loyal staff have been proudly manufacturing traditional woodworking hand tools for over fifty years. Handmade to the finest quality, Crown has found the perfect equilibrium between tradition & innovation, making their tools beautiful as well as functional. Their Master Craftsmen hand forge, temper & grind tools as our ancestors did, whilst also using modern processes & materials, such as Cryogenics & Powder Metallurgy. This combination of old & new techniques gives customers the best quality hand tools available.