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Sorby 1/2 inch chisel prices

What Sorby 1/2 inch chisels actually sell for, from 32 recorded sales and 1 listing for sale now.

Sold prices

Median sold
$49
Most sell for
$46.50–$69
Sales on record
32
For sale now
1
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None of these is priced under what this tool usually sells for.

Compared with 32 recorded sales: “typical” is the middle half of sale prices; the percentage is against the median. Condition and completeness vary — check the listing.

Every recorded sale. The band spans the middle half of all sales; the line is the median.
median $49Dealers32 sales$29 — 1/2 x 9 5/8 inch I. SORBY Bench Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$36 — Fine I. SORBY 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handled Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$38 — I. & H. SORBY 1/2 x 13 1/2 inch Heavy Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$39 — 1/2 x 13 Inch SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$39 — 1/2 Inch SORBY Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$39 — 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel by SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$42 — 1/2 x 12 SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$45 — LIKE NEW ROBERT SORBY REGISTERED MORTISE CHISEL - 1/2" (Ted Dawson Antique Tools)$47 — 1/2 x 13 1/4 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$48 — Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — SORBY 1/2 Inch Long, Thin Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — 1/2 Inch Long, Thin Boxwood Handle Paring Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — 1/2 x 12 1/2 Inch SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — 1/2 x 13 1/8 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — 1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel I. SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — Extra Fine I & H SORBY 1/2 x 14 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 3/4 Paring Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — Massive 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inch I & H SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$49 — Mint SORBY 1/2 x 15 Inch Boxwood Handled Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$59 — Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$59 — English Long, Thin Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBY 1/2 Inch (Jim Bode Value Guide)$69 — Extra Fine Boxwood Handled Swan Neck Mortise Chisel by I. SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$69 — 1/2 x 14 3/4 Inch SORBY Boxwood Handled Paring Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$69 — 1/2 inch SORBY Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$69 — 1/2 Inch Fine Boxwood Handled Paring Chisel by SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$79 — 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$79 — 1/2 x 15 1/2 Boxwood Swan Neck Mortise Chisel I. SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$79 — Extra Fine 1/2 x 12 3/4 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$79 — ROB’T SORBY 1/2 x 15 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$79 — Heavy Duty SORBY 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel (Jim Bode Value Guide)$85 — BEAUTY 1/2" ROBERT SORBY PARING CHISEL (Ted Dawson Antique Tools)$89 — 1/2 x 15 1/2 Inch Boxwood Swan Neck Mortise Chisel I. SORBY (Jim Bode Value Guide)$50
WhereMedian soldMedian asking
Dealers$4932$491
Marketplaces—$34.991

These are different markets, not a contradiction. Dealers list restored, checked tools and price accordingly; marketplaces carry everything from collector-grade down to parts. Compare within a row, not across the table.

About Sorby 1/2 inch chisels

Sorby is a Sheffield edge tool name, with I. Sorby carrying the Punch trademark and Robert Sorby still producing turning tools in England today. The bulk of the output recorded here is edge tools, and the chisels, gouges and paring chisels with boxwood handles are the core of that work, alongside brass-back saws and occasional braces and planes. Value follows the mark and the details: early split-nut brass-back saws, clear Punch stamps, and Ultimatum-pattern braces in rosewood and beech carry more than later stamps. Uncracked original handles, full blade length ahead of the etch, and clean unpitted steel matter most; replaced handles and heavily shortened saw plates pull an example down.

The 32 sales behind these figures come from Jim Bode Value Guide (30) and Ted Dawson Antique Tools (2), and run from 2020 to 2026; 4 closed in the last twelve months. 1 listing for sets, pairs or lots of Sorby 1/2 inch chisels was left out, because a set's price is not one tool's price.

Recorded sales

The 24 most recent of 32 sales behind the numbers above. Click through to the source.

ListingSourceSoldPrice
BEAUTY 1/2" ROBERT SORBY PARING CHISELTed Dawson Antique Tools2026-04-21$85
LIKE NEW ROBERT SORBY REGISTERED MORTISE CHISEL - 1/2"Ted Dawson Antique Tools2026-01-15$45
ROB’T SORBY 1/2 x 15 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2026-01-04$79
1/2 x 12 1/2 Inch SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-10-18$49
Massive 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inch I & H SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-08-16$49
English Long, Thin Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBY 1/2 InchJim Bode Value Guide2025-07-02$59
Mint SORBY 1/2 x 15 Inch Boxwood Handled Paring ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-06-02$49
1/2 x 13 Inch SORBY Pig Sticker Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-06-02$39
Extra Fine I & H SORBY 1/2 x 14 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-05-17$49
Fine I. SORBY 1/2 Inch Boxwood Handled Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2025-02-17$36
1/2 Inch Fine Boxwood Handled Paring Chisel by SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2025-01-30$69
SORBY 1/2 Inch Long, Thin Paring ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2024-12-01$49
Heavy Duty SORBY 1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2024-02-03$79
1/2 x 14 3/4 Inch SORBY Boxwood Handled Paring ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2024-01-06$69
1/2 Inch Swan Neck Mortise Chisel SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2023-12-11$79
1/2 x 13 1/8 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2023-10-13$49
1/2 Inch Long, Thin Boxwood Handle Paring Chisel SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2023-10-01$49
Extra Fine 1/2 x 12 3/4 Inch Pig Sticker Mortise Chisel SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2023-01-10$79
1/2 x 15 1/2 Inch Boxwood Swan Neck Mortise Chisel I. SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2022-12-30$89
1/2 x 13 1/4 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2022-02-15$47
1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Boxwood Handle Mortise Chisel I. SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2022-02-15$49
Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 3/4 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2022-02-07$59
Long, Thin 1/2 x 13 1/2 Inch Paring Chisel with Boxwood Handle SORBYJim Bode Value Guide2022-02-07$48
1/2 Inch SORBY Mortise ChiselJim Bode Value Guide2021-12-08$39

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Updated 2026-10-13.