I've been making moulding planes both the woodworking and metalworking. When I make the blades I've been cutting out what I need from old hand plane blades. I can't bear to throw scrap away because it could be useful. So in the photo you will see a piece I started shaping for making a Birdcage Awl.
I turned a shank insert and a handle out of torrefied maple. Here's the exploded assembly of the shank, shank insert, and handle.
This is the fully assembled Birdcage Awl.
So to finalize it the question is.... do you like it better with or without the brass ferrule?
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Brass it is! I went through the heat treatment process. Annealed first, shaped, hardened, then tempered and final honed. It is wicked pointy sharp I'll tell ya! I went to carefully touch the tip and drew blood. I was really surprised 🙄
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SplinterGroup...I bonded the ferrules on just after your comment. I agree. They dress it up! BTW...Those brass ferrules are actually plumbing brass compression sleeves. Dirt cheap and beautiful.
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