a hand forged 3" edge drawshave, angled handles with beech wood handles and flax ferrules for multi period living history use. hand forged, water quenched 0.4% carbon equivalent value steel (water quenched S275JR). fully functional, designed for hand sharpening only, for craft (non-commercial) woodworking use, made in sheffield england by daegrad tools,.
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.

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