Oire-Nomi Japanese Hand Made Bench Chisel Set By Funahiro

Brand name: Funahiro

Smith name: Funatsu Yuuji

Steel: White Steel #1

Blade width: 6, 9, 12,15, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48mm

Blade thickness(Blade Bottom/The blade near the bevel): 

48mm(about 9.0mm/5.9mm）

42mm(about 8.2mm/5.2mm）

36mm(about 8.7mm/4.6mm）

30mm(about 8.1mm/5.4mm）

24mm(about 7.6mm/5.0mm）

18mm(about 7.8mm/4.9mm）

15mm(about 7.6mm/4.6mm）

12mm(about 7.4mm/4.6mm）

9mm(about 7.4mm/4.8mm）

6mm(about 7.8mm/5.5mm）

Blade Angles: about 27°

Total length: about 220mm

Neck length: about 45mm

Blade length: about 55mm

Weight((48~6mm): 229g/190g/179g/161g/132g/113g/112g/97g/87g/86g

Manufacture Era: 2000s (according to collector’s memory)

Types of wooden handles：Japanese Red Oak（Akakashi）

Accessories：Original wooden box

Additional Information: Unused, in brand new condition. This set came from the tool collection of a retired carpenter in Saitama. He bought this set in the latter half of the 2000s. It differs from other common Oire chisel sets. This set does not include a 3mm chisel, but instead adds a larger 48mm chisel.

There are two marks of chisels made by Funahiro on the market: one is "Funahiro/舟弘" and the other is "Genju Funahiro/元寿舟弘". The steel used in the chisels of these two marks is different. 

"Funahiro/舟弘" mark chisel uses White steel No. 1.

"Genju Funahiro/元寿舟弘"  mark chisel uses White Steel #1(C 1.38% vacuum arc redissolved) . Some stores also say it is "Original New Japanese Steel". Compared to this vague description of steel, I prefer to believe Mr. Ishikoso's research report(現代鍛冶技法の保存調査報告 その2［舟弘］銘・船津祐司の鑿製作) published in the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Research Bulletin No. 25 in 2014. Page 13 of the report records the steel used for the Funahiro chisels and planes.