a hand forged quenched steel blade bowl shave, 5" 125mm half round hardened steel blade 0.4% cev steel (S275JR), for hand sharpening only, made in Sheffield England by daegrad tools, supplied as metalwork only for customers own handles
based on the following finds from Novgorod in Russia
Nutny 11-119 140 15thC
Troitsky 4-1278 13thC
with finds from both the roman and anglo saxon periods (notably 9th century coppergate in york uk)
Technical note; in keeping with the design of the hand forged originals all daegrad tools gouges and curved cutting tools
have the bevel forged on the inside edge, only modern gouges , scorps and other curved cutting tools have the bevel
on the outside edge, this is for ease of modern manufacture and for machine sharpening and is not authentic (or at the least very rare), a note on the steel we use;
Steel grade S275JR is a structural steel that meets the requirements of the EN 10025-2 standard. this steel has a carbon equivalent value of 0.4% carbon, all our S275JR steel products are water quenched ready to use and give an acceptable level of sharpness for woodworking use
based on the following finds from Novgorod in Russia
Nutny 11-119 140 15thC
Troitsky 4-1278 13thC
with finds from both the roman and anglo saxon periods (notably 9th century coppergate in york uk)
Technical note; in keeping with the design of the hand forged originals all daegrad tools gouges and curved cutting tools
have the bevel forged on the inside edge, only modern gouges , scorps and other curved cutting tools have the bevel
on the outside edge, this is for ease of modern manufacture and for machine sharpening and is not authentic (or at the least very rare), a note on the steel we use;
Steel grade S275JR is a structural steel that meets the requirements of the EN 10025-2 standard. this steel has a carbon equivalent value of 0.4% carbon, all our S275JR steel products are water quenched ready to use and give an acceptable level of sharpness for woodworking use