In this video, I demonstrate how to restore the edge of a heavily damaged chisel using a slow speed grinder and water stones.

In this short video I show how I cut a clean mortise entirely by hand using a chisel and wooden mallet. You can follow each careful strike as the waste chips curl out of the joint and the walls become ...

A chisel from around 400 years ago found at Daitokuji temple in Kyoto's Kita Ward is seen in this Oct. 18, 2022 photo. The carving, pictured in the foreground, matches the shape of the tool's blade.