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    Found this amongst FILs tools, 'twas all rusted and when I took the rust off this showed up.

    Not clear in photo but it has 3 straight flutes on the shank and a sharpish pointed tip.
    The fact that the other end is slightly flared suggests it has been struck with something hard.

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    Masonry drill. Tap and turn until you have a hole of required depth.
    Rawlplug is a fibrous plug that is put in the hole so a screw can be used.

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    What David said. Used before the days of electric drills. I have a couple that I inherited from my FIL.
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    Before the likes of the plastic Ramset wall Plugs there was the "rawlplug" - http://www.galvinhw.com.au/grace2_files/galvins/product_images/A/APRAWL1225/TDS%20-%20RAWLPLUG2.pdf
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    Think of it like an awl for brickwork and as the others have said you give it a helping tap. It was designed for the days when the bricks were kiln fired and can be distinguished by the frog. They were considerably softer than the extruded bricks of today, which have lots of holes instead of the frog.

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    I can remember using something similar as an apprentice, as other have said into brickwork, constantly turning after each hit. The plugs we were using were brass threaded tapered ferrules in a lead casing which was set into the hole and punched with a hollow punch over the brass to expand the lead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by apple8 View Post
    The plugs we were using were brass threaded tapered ferrules in a lead casing which was set into the hole and punched with a hollow punch over the brass to expand the lead.
    Woke up during the night with answer, these were called Tamp-ins.

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    Rawlplug was a brand name as successful in it's own field as Hoover in vacuum cleaners for a long time until the advent of mechanised plugs such as Ramset and Dynabolt etc..

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    Thanks for the responses folks. I guess I should have looked it up on the web.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Thanks for the responses folks. I guess I should have looked it up on the web.
    You don't need the web for these things when you have us around.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    Thanks for the responses folks. I guess I should have looked it up on the web.
    If you’d done that, I (and I assume a few others) would have missed the chance to learn.

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