Narex Square Blade Birdcage Woodworking Scratch Awl 874710

Nicely made, perfect for starter holes. Good scratch awl as well.

A well designed , affordable, and appears of quality awl. I find Narex tools always well made , a real pleasure to own and use.

Seems like a good piece of steel. Like others said, the handle seems proportionately too small for the long blade, but it works fine. And, the last couple of mm are round instead of square, but I fixed that easily enough with a medium grit stone, to use like a hand drill for starting screw holes. The round tip would be good if you wanted it for a scratch awl, for marking.

Overall it's a good value the quality is good and the price is very good but it does need to be sharpened properly. It comes with the tip rounded, which is wrong on a bird cage awl the square corners are what is supposed to do the cutting when boring a hole. all four flat sides should meet at the tip

This is a great tool to have around the house. They were originally used in the field to drill holes for bird cages (thus the name). I mainly use it to make pilot and starter holes for screws. Great price and it came sharp.

Great Tool to use And is well made ! I use it all the time

Great value.

Like all the Narex tools I've tried, this is well made and fairly priced. I prefer square bladed or "birdcage" style awls because they can act as a drill to set screws. When marking, the squared edge and sharp point leaves a clearer line and the tool is less likely to wander away from straightedges. There are many other brands that are also good, but they cost much more, sometimes double or triple what this costs. there's no practical reason to pay that much for such a simple tool. You can also make such a tool for even less money, but it would take some time and materials. If you just love fancy tools and have the money, go find the expensive ones. They'll give you pride of ownership, but cannot work any better. If you are on a severe low budget, handy with metal working and have a grinder, or just a slip-stone and a lot of time, you can make your own. If you are on a normal budget, and just want a good tool at a fair price, this is a great choice. Highly recommended. Even Paul Sellers likes these!

Hallo, found a good awl at last. I was going to make myself one, but now have saved my time. Good Carbon tip, and wooden handle. Fairly cheap too.

I like this Awl as it's got a square end to it and very sharp point, so you can very easily make a pilot hole into wood making it easy to get the screws in, just be carfull as it's quite sharp and you can easily make a deeper hole than intended. Good quality make and deff recommended.

merci conforme super merci

Es magnifico, bonito por su artesanía y muy practico a la hora de utilizar.

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