Thread: Awl review in AWR

With all due respect to the author (who may have been edited heavily!?) I can't say I took much away from that review other than a few piccies. P'raps that shouldn't be all that surprising when you are dealing with such simple, basic tools. After all, a sharpened nail makes a very servicable awl, and just about any bit of semi-hard steel can be pressed into service as a marking knife, as has been amply demonstrated by numerous forumites. If you spend an extra half hour on it, you can even make one as attractive as the $60 examples (Sixty bucks for a scratch-awl!! ).

Maybe it's just my parsimonious nature, but I'd much rather spend my tool $$s on things I can't make as easily myself!

Grumpf!

Cheers,

I agree with you Ian. Nothing is more satisfying than using something you have made yourself whether it is a tool or a piece of furniture.

I my be wrong but I thought the awl I mentioned might have been made by our Funkychicken which is why I started this thread.

Whether or not it was made by FC it still looks OK to me.

Ta Rob

There was a bit of a misunderstanding about whether I was selling the awls (which I am.) I was a bit miffed that all I got was a picture and no text (I know you'll read this Raf)

Ian if you think $60 is too much you won't want a Colen Clenton awl for $228

I thought it was the be awl and end awl

Originally Posted by funkychicken

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Ian if you think $60 is too much you won't want a Colen Clenton awl for $228

You are dead right there, FC. I forgot about that one, I thought $60 was absurd, but words fail me (which is most uncharacteristic!) when confronted by that sort of figure......
I think Colen's stuff is excellent, & he's a nice bloke, but that's just playing to conspicuous consumerism. Of course, if I were in his shoes, & could command such prices, I'm sure I would hold a diferent view.

I think these sorts of tools are like benches - you make them yourself to suit yourself, and if your skill & inclinations are up to it, you can make them fancy. Otherwise, a very basic tool does an equally fine job.

Cheers,

I am the proud owner of onw of the Feathered one's little awls. Mind you It was a prize at our last GC GTG. I chose the instrument because it is so beautifully made!!

It may never scratch a thing in anger!!

I have two Awls from a little know WA woody, but they are having the same working life as Arthur's