Beech Cutting Gauges with Plated Heads by Joseph Marples

Cutting Gauges are like marking gauges, except they use a knife instead of a pin. They're used for scoring across the grain and can also be used for cutting strips of wood veneer and small rebates.

The Marples cutting gauge features inset brass wear plates on the head and locks with a thumbscrew. You will sometimes see these gauges with bright yellow thumbscrews, but ours have more attractive amber ones. The cutter is secured in place with a brass wedge, which also enables removal for sharpening the cutter.

8 1/2" long stem with a head that is 2-3/16” wide x 2-1/2” tall x 1-1/8” thick.

Joseph Marples is one of the best known Sheffield-based hand tool makers, in existence for more than 180 years. The company continues to use the traditional ways of making tools, using the same high-quality materials and hand finishing - and even the same threads are used in the gauges as were used over 100 years ago.