Unusual ashem style rounders

[johnnyb]

I've just got some Fred lambert rounders. I can never resist these and there I'm great nick.
There not the normal ones or even the Griffin ones but some that look to predate those styles a bit. Anyone seen the sort? Maybe they were cut down to work on a lathe/stail engine.
Even the wooden ones are beautifully made having brass inserts at the exit.

 

[johnnyb]

Maybe one for sgian dubh? Who met the man I believe.

 

[Sgian Dubh]

Maybe one for sgian dubh? Who met the man I believe.

I don't believe I met him, so not a question specifically for me I'd say. However, the rounders look like ones I used some forty plus years ago that came from a guy whose name I forget, but he was based somewhere in Wales. The ones in the pictures certainly don't look unusual to me, but maybe I'm mistaken. Slainte.

 

[johnnyb]

Oh sorry . The ashem rounders are unmistakable having ashem cast in the body. I know Fred regularly cast these on courses but I'd never come across any. The record spokeshave bits look to be from the seventies a151 stamped on them. I do love the slightly rustic but solid feel. Griffin made them for a while but those are slightly cleaner and less homespun although in essence the same.
There remarkable in rarely requiring honing. I guess peeling is easy on steel.

 

[johnnyb]

There probably best at putting a tenon on having a tightly controlled and bushed exit hole. Whole components can be a bit bent and have lines on but they do work if your not fussed about slightly rustic.

 

[johnnyb]

My own feeling is rustic is very lacking in the world!