WOW. No one is going to beat a chisel that way except you. Very impressed with how little damage to the handle. Great video Jim. Dan.

Always love a good field test passed with flying colours doing great work there Jim 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

I will say that handled the abuse better than I thought it would against steel hammer heads. Well made Jim!

That chisel is a BEAST!

Nooooo don't do it just send it to me 😂😂. Amazing looking chisel Prof , Well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Impressive! That's the best thing I've seen on KZfaq in quite some time. I'm considering making my own from pre nineteen seventy eight leaf springs, but that thing is so pretty you got me interested. I found two very old chisels in PA 1.0 and 1.5 pair with no handles and some heft. I remember you talking about this very thing beating the shit out of a new chisel to test it. This was back when you just bought the bandsaw. Sadly, I don't own one yet, but it will be sooner than later. You said once stuff was right and ready, you would torcher tests the new tools to see if they held up to old school standards. I figured 1880 to 1920 were some quality years, and there it is. Well done, sir. very well done.

Nice job Jim.

Well and truly tested Jim, great job buddy! Great job. Graham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍👍👍👍👍

Very Impressive. Your knowledge, skill and high standards showcased in a single hand tool.

Hi Jim, Sometimes we have to take the bad to prove the good; in this case, the better! As always God bless and take care from your long-time California subscriber. We'll done buddy!!

Boy jim that was brutal. That is one tuff chisel.

Jim, never had a doubt about the chisel quality, knew it would take a beating! Keep up the good work, have a good one my friend.

Beautiful piece, dude !!!!!

looks great Jim nice job

Painful to watch but beautiful work.

G'day Jim nice job, well built. cheers

Damn good job. Hellava test. I bet the big boys won't try that on record. Hello from Fla

Hey Jim Watch your mail box late next week. I’m sending you a little something for you to test. Great video

Good morning Mr Jim. Looks absolutely beautiful!. I've got to say sorby might have some U S competition I have a two inch one of them here with a broken shank, was really disappointed given the reputation and cost. Looking forward to seeing you succeed in the tool making business. 🤠

Dang! These are so impressive with your quality and consistency! And believe me, I have split the high end chisels right where you were worried about, where the tang meets the handle, pretty impressive to see yours hold up so well!

👍👍👌👌 Nice! Thanks for the video.

I want it! I have no use for it, but man, that is Nice! I predict that weather or not you get rich off this you will become respected and known for it!

impressive! Nice work.

Congrats Jim on the testing success! Would truly appreciate being able to purchase my very 1st timber frame chisels from You Brother! WELL DONE!

Good demo Jim! Sometimes you gotta' be bad to be good. Sometime i'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPARISON WITH THE Wood, Rawhide, and Dead blow mallets. Remember that the bounce robs energy and that is why I feel the dead blow hammer drives better, just sayin'. Have a great day Jim and thanks again for testing a fine product. Oh by the way remember that energy transfer is mass times velocity squared so a light hammer will destroy the handle faster than a heavy one. The big hammer has more momentum but the light hammer has greater "horse power " if you get the drift, so to speak.

That chisel looks like a dandy. Did you mention the type of steel?

Looks really good Jim can’t wait for you to get it on the market! 💜💚😎👷🏻‍♂️⚒⚒

Buddy... been watching since you started milling for the barn... when you going to get on that hemlock extension to house?

Beautiful chisel!

Great job on the quality of the timberframing chisel!! Have you considered having the striking collet end style being the same as the japanese chisel style? Looking forward to seeing then on the market! Thanks for sharing!👍

You gave it a good beating and it came out looking good! But, can it survive the other half using it as a paint can opener 😁 I don't mean your other half but a generic other half!

Good vid, Jim. I was shocked to watch the B roll and see you plugging in an electrical appliance. I thought "WTF", I figured you had an oldtime black smith shop where everything was done by hand. hehe. Nice looking piece of steel and it sure does look and perform durable. One think I noticed on the cutting edge was a few perpendicular honing marks to the edge. Did you lap the cutting face with1000grit or higher paper AND a few strops on a cowhide?

hey Jim, Happy easter. I love the chisel, how do I Order one?

I have some chisels with sort of a socket on the end but when the wood shrinks the handle falls off. Nice design. What steel do you use?

Try it on a eucalyptus dried out log, that would really test it. 😅