Tools & Materials
Matsumura - Matsumura – White Steel Japanese Style Bench Chisel
These chisels use a pure, high-carbon steel without alloys and are hand-forged by a Japanese blacksmith
Sep 01, 2008
Like its blue-steel counterpart, this tool was in perfect order right out of the box. White steel is a pure, high-carbon steel without alloys. Though it is reputed to take a keener edge than alloy steels, it didn’t seem sharper than blue-steel chisels. And the edge didn’t hold up as well as them, becoming jagged on harsh white-oak end grain.
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