Half Round 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 a half-round head (easier to hold) with inset brass wear plates, and locks with a thumbscrew. 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. Dual bevel hardened steel cutter secured in place with a brass wedge. Choice of plantation grown Sonokeeling Rosewood or Beech. The Rosewood is admittedly more upscale, with a solid brass knurled thumbscrew rather than the Beech's plastic one. Made in Sheffield, England.

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.