Help identifying English chisels

[dubrosa22]

I'm finally going through the assorted chisels in the haul documented here:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f163/b...ne-haul-214292

And I have 4 lovely chisels by the same English maker - two gouges and two firmer/pairing chisels - the maker's stamp is a scripted type font which to my eye looks like Zxxxx'.
On the opposite side is stamped 'British Made'.

I suspect these are late 19th/early 20th century.

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Any ideas of an identity?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Vaughan

[dubrosa22]

Or is it Lxxxx'?

[Gaza58]

A bit of googling and have come up with Zyto by S Tyzack and Sons

[dubrosa22]

Thanks so much Gaza58!
Yes, it is Zyto!

I see a very similar chisel on eFlay right now (even the same handle):

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Vintage S TYZACK & SON (Zyto) Firmer Mortise 10mm Chisel Woodworking Tool ~15 | eBay
Except that one has 'S. Tyzack & Son Ltd / 345 Old Street' stamped on the back which certainly makes things easier!

Mystery solved - thanks again

V

[clear out]

Not sure where I get this from but my understanding of brass ferrules is that the centre punch mark to tighten them is post WW11.
I guess a bit more internet searching would help date these accurately.
H.

[dubrosa22]

Thanks Henry, I'd never considered a ferrule punch to be so lately introduced but looking at the rest of the older chisels I have in this job-lot (Robt. Sorby, I. Sorby, W. Marples, H. Toga, Buck & Hickson, etc.) the Zyto/Tyzacks appear to be the only ones with the ferrule punch.
So perhaps they are later and perhaps even post-WWII.

The 'British made' stamp reminds me if English music instrument makers around the First World War who were stamping instruments with similar patriotic sentiments apparently to avoid taxes/duties inflicted upon foreign made instruments (or something like that).

Vaughan