The fishtail chisel is an essential tool for fine joinery
Offering extra reach to get around tricky angles and into narrow gaps, the fishtail chisel is an essential tool for fine joinery. MHG’s Fishtail Chisels are beautifully engineered examples that will become an indispensable part of your toolbox. Perfect for makers who are uncompromising in their pursuit of hand-tool accuracy.
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Fishtail chisels handle the most critical paring cuts in tricky spots where there is limited access. The most obvious example is half-blind dovetail sockets, but there are dozens of other places where they're just the right tool for the job. They are ideal for reaching undercuts from both vertical and horizontal directions. The face of the blade is ground flat from blade tip to handle which allows for highly accurate manipulation on flat planes.
The blades are produced by a new forging process, resulting in tools with high edge retention, elasticity and a long service life. The high degree of microstructure compaction and the quality heat treatment of the high-alloy steel results in performance characteristics that previously could only be found in hand-forged tools. The hardness over the whole working length is 61 HRc. Made in Germany.