An L-shaped chisel with the cutting edges on two faces meeting at an inside corner. Used to clean and square the interior corners of mortises and housings where a flat-bladed chisel cannot reach. Indispensable for precision joinery where the corner must be crisp and square.
Maker's Stamp / Mei (銘)Mei stamp — Karamitsuki NomiTechnical Data
CategoryChisel
RegionsSanjo, Niigata
Traditional Steels
This tool category is traditionally forged from the following steels. Click any to read its full metallurgical profile.