Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
the shanks are not super hard material and will drill easily with any good grade HSS bit I think most of mine are Dormer
Most of my cemented carbide tooling has come from India but the carbides are actually silver brazed on. I use them a lot instead of HSS or white metal for a lot of things tough to grind to a shape but stay well once I have reground the carbide to the point that there is nothing left or it pops off I toss the shanks into a bin for repurposing
OK. Obviously, my over-active imagination lit up! Thanks!

Bill