Restoring An Old $20 Stanley Chisel

I found this old Stanley 2" chisel at an antique store in my hometown. I bought to be used as a paring chisel for working details into end grain. 1. Using a grinder I took off about a 1/16" off the top of the chisel socket. It had been hammered at some point in its previous life and the steel was mushroomed on both the outside and inside of the socket. This slight mushroom was causing the chisel handle to not properly seat into the socket. I could have filed this off but it was much easier to grind it away. 2. I flattened the back of the chisel using 120 grit sandpaper on a flat surface. Then I ground back the bevel edge past the point of any damage. It took about a 1/16" of steel to get back past the nicks in the blade. Then I used a series of sharping stones to hone the edge to razor sharp. 3. The handle was turned from air dried walnut. The taper must match the socket exactly to firmly seat into the chisel. You can follow me on Instagram for more action. https://www.instagram.com/ar_txwoodcraft/?hl=en Shapening Stones Used Coarse Diamond Stone: http://amzn.to/2gfUxUH Medium Diamond Stone: http://amzn.to/2yuiToD Shapton 2000 grit: http://amzn.to/2y4l80h Shapton 5000 grit: http://amzn.to/2ytraJv Qalo Ring: Qalo makes silicon wedding rings fro both men and women. I'm wearing there Q2X crosshatch ring. GO check them out at http://bit.ly/2jiSfIn