Marples Wood Chisel 13mm_MADE IN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND_Antique

Blue Chip Polypropylene handled  Firmer [#333] 1971-1998
A much abused chisel because of the bad advertising that propelled this item to fame. [In essence, it is OK to whack it with a hammer!]
This is why you will find them usually very soiled and scuffed due to the fact that this ideology appealed to the whack it and get the job done tradesman, who would then consign the poor creature to its storage space with an errant toss.

They always had a tapered neck and are now still manufactured by Irwin-Marples but you must be careful to only purchase those made in Sheffield, and this is hit or miss. The very first Irwin-Marples still had MADE IN SHEFFIELD electro etched onto the top of the blade. and the B/E were still produced in Sheffield until 2008.   Very soon after that, the whole system was transferred either to Italy or more probably CHINA.