Roman Seville curved drawshave 6" long cutting edge with flax twine ferrules

a hand forged curved drawshave made from S275JR steel water quenched (0.4% carbon equivalent steel grade), comes with a 6" 150mm long cutting edge, the handles are beech wood with flax twine ferrules and the shave is based on a roman period find now in the seville archaeological museum, spain, designed for hand sharpening only made in sheffield england by daegrad tools and comes with a 1 year guarantee

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
made in sheffield england by daegrad tools and comes with a 1 year guarantee

since iron ferrules in both Anglo-Saxon and Norse tanged tool finds are few and far between we can assume that either the handles were ferruleless or they had a string ferrule which would limit splitting of the handle