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Hey, my 12mm chisel is out of square by almost the same amount, but in the opposite direction. Must be cuz it’s a Narex not Bahco. And my leg mortises were off in the middle.
What I did for the mortises (all eight) is pare in from the outside faces a little at a time with lots of dry test fitting The interior of the mortise is roomier now but the openings are tight around the tenon. I was pretty confident that my layout was good or at least okay. However I was pretty sure the skewed chisel caused my mortise cuts to drift.
To fix my skewed chisels, I am just putting a bit more pressure on the high side as I sharpen now. At least I am aware that I tend to wear down the left side of every edge I touch.