Auriou Rasps in your Grasp - 3 Finishing Rasps [Preowned, SOLD]

Product Description

200mm (8") Grain 11 & 13 Cabinet Rasps - Fine & extra fine
150mm Modellers rasps - extra fine grain (cut) 15 (the finest!)

Pre-owned - slight scuffing to the handles. These have been used slightly but are in fully workable order.

From French maker Auriou Toolworks - The king of hand cut rasp making (no need to take our word for it - hundreds of others say so!). This marvellous French company can trace its history back to 1756 (that's the reign of Louis XV - blimey the French had a lot of Louis's!).

I don't think they are doing things too differently from nearly 170 years ago. The lesson being if it works then stick with it.

A recent conversation with Michel Auriou revealed that evidence has emerged that the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) used Michel's ancestors tools in his work. More of this in the New Year folks!

So you are being tempted by 3 little used rasps (i.e there is no discernable wear to the teeth) from Forge de Saint Juery - home of Auriou Toolworks in France.
2 cabinet rasps - 22mm wide (max) - flat one side, convex the other, tapering to a tip with cut edges. Overall length of the blank is 200mm.
1 modellers rasp - 10mm wide, stitch (grain or "cut") 15 which is the finest stitch for refinement of your work. Flat and convex sides.

Selling new on our site collectively for just over of £360

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