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    Drawbores

    Here's a pair of joiner's draw ores, fashioned from reclaimed sharpening steels (blued), with homemade cherry (gleaned locally) handles.Click image for larger version. 

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    I haven't used drawbores very often, but having got the material, and knowing that commercial drawbores fetch good money, I thought that I might as well do something simple with them.Click image for larger version. 

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    I seem to have three and a half pairs. But I have since acquired several more steels.Click image for larger version. 

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    Happy to accept bids from timber-framers as well as joiners!

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