Everything You Need to Know About Chisels

Mortise Chisel

This chisel is meant for making mortises or cutting holes in wood.

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You'll notice the mortise chisel is much fatter than the paring chisel. That's because the mortise chisel is build to be reamed on with a hammer and really worked hard by prying wood.

tang chisel

The tang chisel has a point that goes into the handle of the chisel. If you're going to be hitting the tang chisel with a hammer a lot you might want to opt for a socket chisel instead. This is because any beating gives you a high likelihood of that chisel point going deeper into the wooden handle and eventually breaking the handle apart.

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Socket Chisel

The socket chisel has a wooden piece that goes into the socket of the chisel. I prefer to use socket chisels over tang chisels because as you beat on the socket chisel, the wood tenon just goes deeper into the socket of the chisel which will just keep squeezing those wood fibers together, making it stronger the more use it gets.

Japanese vs. western chisels

Japanese chisels are a fine option if you have them available to you. They're especially great when being used with a hammer. One thing to note is that Japanese chisels will come in metric increments, so if you want to use the western way of measuring things, I'd stick with western tools because then your chisels are going to come in the same dimensions as your wood.

How Many Chisels Do I Need?

In my opinion, every craftsman should have two sizes of bench chisels and one mortise chisel. However, a lot of bench chisels are fat enough that you can get away with cutting out mortises for quite a while before needing to invest in a mortise chisel.

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