{"product_id":"zen-wu-dc-1-paring-chisel","title":"Zen-Wu DC-1 Paring Chisel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DC-1 is sold as a pair: 1-15\/16\" (49mm) and 15\/16\" (24mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSame steel as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/zenwutoolworks.com\/products\/zen-wu-y-2-chisel\"\u003eY-2\u003c\/a\u003e: ZW-C2 white-paper carbon steel, dovetail-laminated into a titanium alloy body. Jatoba handles. Blade 3-15\/16\" (100mm), neck 4-5\/16\" (110mm), handle 8-1\/4\" (210mm), total length 16-1\/2\" (420mm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chisel head is thin enough to go down inside a mortise and pare the walls, which often puts considerable leverage on the shaft. The traditional Japanese build for a paring chisel this thin backs the hard steel with soft iron (all-steel at proper hardness would be too brittle at this length and thickness), but soft iron gives way well before the edge does, and a blade under that load does not always come back straight. Titanium alloy takes several times the load before it yields, at lower weight, and will not rust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA paring chisel is not normally struck. This one takes a mallet, and we strike ours at the shop all the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wider of the two takes its head shape from a design by Kokichi (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chantarokichi\"\u003e@chantarokichi\u003c\/a\u003e), a temple carpenter who works on the restoration of Japan's National Treasures. He sent it to Zen-Wu as a handmade wooden mold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair ships in a linen-lined bamboo box, with stitched leather guards for both edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/zenwutoolworks.com\/pages\/zw-c2-care\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCare and use instructions\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zen-Wu Toolworks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52064173982017,"sku":null,"price":799.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/9773\/8817\/files\/d572c3ad07dec8b900ecc8e7ea3d7406.jpg?v=1786188373","url":"https:\/\/zenwutoolworks.com\/products\/zen-wu-dc-1-paring-chisel","provider":"Zen-Wu Toolworks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}