Ready to use diamond awls

[ScottEnglish]

Thanks battlemunky and doubleh.

[tsunkasapa]

It has been my experience that very little, other than ammo, is ready to use without some sort of tinkering.

[fredk]

Even ammo needs sorting out. One duty I got in the RAF once was to help sort out the ammo. 3-oh-3 et cetera bullets had to be put through a special gauge to make sure they were made accurately,  About 60 -70% were, the rest was outside tolerances. Allegedly the bad ones were sent off to the Army, 

[Klara]

I can confirm that Barry King awls are sharp when sold (the seller let me try one when I wondered about the price). Only problem is, they  won't stay that way forever, and what then? So I bought cheapies and am trying to learn to sharpen them.

[battlemunky]

I strop my BK awl often and haven't even had to touch it up on the sharpener and its been a few years. Still buttery smooth. It'll make a hole in people leather pretty easily too. I've got a few other cheaper awls and that BK seems to get me more often than the others for some reason.

Edited July 30, 2022 by battlemunky