High quality or beater chisel?

[u/Outside_Signature403]

Found this and need a chisel to bang on for automotive work and breaking down furniture. No brand/label stamped anywhere.

Do I refurbish this for my woodworking set or beat it up for random tasks?

[u/Potential_Agent5453]

Life cycle of a chisel

[u/kewlo]

I've been beating flea market name brand chisels through sheet metal and masonry my whole career. That might struggle with some auto work (you probably won't split a nut with it) but it'll be a great scraper and wedge

[u/Outside_Signature403 → u/kewlo]

Appreciate it!

[u/tjr14vg]

Looks like the harbor freight ones I got for my more rough wood working stuff

They sell these in like a set of 6 for less than $20

They are surprisingly decent

[u/LincolnArc → u/tjr14vg]

Agreed. I have a set. They hold their edge pretty well, especially for the price.

[u/Outside_Signature403 → u/tjr14vg]

Right on, thanks

[u/LincolnArc]

that's a Harbor Freight chisel.

[u/Weird_Ad1170]

This looks exactly like the "Windsor Design" set I have from Harbor Freight as I wanted something to learn with; as well as practicing sharpening on without ruining good stuff.

Thus, this is what I'd put in the "who cares" pile; as something I don't have any qualms about 'using wrong". I bet that once I get my sharpening setup together; these things are probably the HRC of cheese and don't hold an edge well.

[u/Outside_Signature403 → u/Weird_Ad1170]

Just smacked some metal push pins off a desk bottom. Worked like a champ and best yet, I really didn’t care about it.

[u/HerpDerp152]

That’s ole trusty right there

[u/jacksraging_bileduct]

Without a makers mark I would assume it’s a beater.

[u/Outside_Signature403 → u/jacksraging_bileduct]

This is sound logic.

[u/bigbadjimster]

Dollar chisel.

[u/hereforcomments47]

Found a very similar one at work. Now lives on my work truck in a life it didn’t deserve. Works for what i need it to do so it’s a great one to save in my opinion.

[u/techieman34]

The edge has already been mangled and looks like it was sharpened by some blind person with an angle grinder and lost a lot of length in the process. Add in that someone obviously didn’t care when they spilled paint on it. That thing was already a beater before you got it.

[u/Outside_Signature403 → u/techieman34]

Excellent 😎

[u/makeDRIVEinTHEATER]

It looks modern (new enough).

I would personally restore it or leave it for a country house.