Awe, More Awls!

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I needed to replenish my stock of awls for the craft shows this fall and tried some different woods that I have not used before. In the first shot the 4 stuck in the wood are made from Acacia. The one laying down is Texas Ebony.
The all have hardened tool steel points and brass ferrules. I inserted a Remington 35 caliber casing in all of these. They are finished with EEE and Shellawax.ย 

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

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Sweet looking awl, should sell out fast, and that casing insert is a great touch. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
look great jim.ย 

working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Very nice. I bet those sell quick!

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".

GR8 JOB ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘

*TONY ** Reinholds* ALWAYS REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN

Nice work, Jim. Iโ€™ve been working on grinding a tapered square brad-awl point on mine. Havenโ€™t quite got it right yet, but Iโ€™m zeroing in on it,

May you have the day you deserve!

Nice awls Jim! Just beautiful. I had some splinter scrap pieces of tool steel left over from making some moulding planes. Couldn't bear to toss in the trash so I made a birdcage awl. Lots of fun!
Thanks you all for the nice comments!! I like your optimism on selling all of these puppies. The next ones will beย  just a bit different!

Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Really nice looking awls Jim, should have no problems selling them.
Thanks, Mike!!

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Jim, if you don't sell them out, let me know, and I'll buy one from you. I have a collection, and that handle shape isn't amongst what I have. Very nice looking BTW.
Thanks, George!!ย 

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

I remember when I gote one of those....great work!!

...woodicted

Hi Ivan. Do you still use it??

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day

Those are beautiful and I bet they work great too.
Thanks, Swirt. They have a needle point on them and fit very nicely in your hand for scribing . Much better for control than aย  long awl.
Cheers, Jim

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day