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Hand Tools : Marking Knives and Awls
This marking knife is used for layout and is far more accurate than a pencil.
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Choose a left-handed bevel or a right-handed bevel, a double bevel or a single bevel (right-handed is pictured). Woods available for the handles are Ebony, Bocote, Cocobolo, Bloodwood, Texas Ebony, Bubinga, and Purpleheart. E-mail me for inquiries on other woods. Marking
Knife - $32.50 CTW Marking Knife These knives are offered by Chester Tool Works. (Woods from top are: Snakewood, Gabon Ebony, Brazilian Tulipwood, East Indian Rosewood.)
Marking knives need to hold an edge well, be stiff enough not to flex, and they must be narrow enough to fit into confined areas such as dovetails. CTW marking knives are made from 3/32" thick precision ground O-1 tool steel and are 5/16" wide. The blades are individually hardened to Rockwell C 62-63 so they will hold an edge and they are shipped honed and ready to use. I feel that tools should be ready to go and should not be sold as a "kit". Knives are roughly 7 1/2 " long overall and are shaped in what I call a pencil form. Everyone uses pencils and pens and you should immediately feel comfortable holding and using this knife. A fine tool for the serious hand tool user, they are available in the wood choices show below. Custom wood and blade choices are available on special order. CTW Marking
Knife - $43.30
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CTW Awl
These awls are offered by Chester Tool Works. (Woods from top are: East Indian Rosewood, Snakewood, Gabon Ebony, Brazilian Tulipwood.) Tired of awls which won't hold a point and which bend during use? CTW awls are designed for hand comfort and durability. The O-1 tool steel blades are taper ground and hardened to Rc 62-63 for approximately 2 inches of their length and terminate in a fine point. The handles are, like the marking knives, made from exotic and figured domestic or tropical hardwoods and are available to match the marking knives. They are also available in customs sizes and woods by special order. Use them to start screws, mark drilling locations, or even in place of a marking knife to scribe layout lines. CTW Awl - $39.30
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Plane Hammer These hammers are offered by Chester Tool Works. CTW plane adjusting hammers are designed specifically for adjusting the blades and wedges of wooden planes and infill hand planes. The polished brass and Lignum Vitae head is weighted toward the brass striking end and is designed so it won't mar or mushroom your blade like a steel hammer. The Lignum end is of a smaller diameter and is used to tap the heel or toe of the plane to adjust the blade without leaving dent mark in the wooden body. It should also be used to tap plane wedges tight to prevent damaging the heel of the wedge. The handles are individually shaped from quartersawn White Ash with the grain oriented to avoid the runout which weakens many other hammer handles. Finished with 3 coats of boiled linseed oil, the handles provide a good grip and avoid the slipperiness of the more commonly used lacquer finish. If you own or use infill or wooden planes, you owe it to your planes to use one of these hammers. Total weight is 8 ounces. CTW Plane Hammer
- $49.30
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