Tool type
Long, thin chisels pushed by hand to shave a joint to fit. Joseph Moxon described the job in the 1670s, with the handle against your shoulder, and made the point that a paring chisel isn't hit with a mallet. Blades run much longer than a bench chisel's, about 9 inches on Robert Sorby's current one, which lets you sight down the tool and steer the cut. From the later 1800s Sheffield makers offered them with square or bevelled edges, and some came cranked so the handle clears a wide surface. Robert Sorby grinds its paring chisels to 20 degrees, lower than its bench chisels. Check any used one for a straight blade and a handle top that hasn't been hammered.
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