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Please note: All prices now plus VAT
Caulking Irons
Forged in Nickel Bronze (AB 2) and polished.
We used to make our caulking irons in Tool Steel (EN 8). However, always looking for a way to better our existing irons, we decided, after much testing to use AB 2.
Some of the advantages are as follows:
Same tensile strength as tool steel (EN 8)
- The tools don't rust.
- No need to dip in linseed oil to pick up the odd whispy bits of oakum
- Very comfortable to use
- A joy to behold
- If you cast your mind to automotive tools they evolved through companies like Snap-On Tools and Proto to the high finish which made them such a pleasure for mechanics' to use. So why not the shipwright!
Dumb Iron This is used to open up a seam on a very close planked
boat to allow a little Cotton in, working just ahead of caulking it
opens up the seam. Extreme care must be taken as heavy hands can do
damage.
£29.50 
Standard Making Iron Depending on your geographical location
it may be called a Starting Iron or Putting Iron. This iron is used
for placing either cotton or oakum in the seam.
£29.50
Bent Making Iron Standard profile for working around awkward
places such as garboard seams.
£29.50
King Plank Iron For working king planks, joggles, curved seams
and hood ends.
£29.50
Hardening Iron COTTON This has a single crease 1/8" (3mm) with
a radius edge for hardening down cotton.
£29.50
Hardening Iron OAKUM Single crease 3/16'' (4.5cm) with radius
edge for hardening down Oakum.
£29.50
Set of 5 in a Leather Wallet
You can purchase a set of 5 in a Leather Wallet - to include Standard Making, Bent Making, Narrow King Plank, Hardening Cotton, Hardening Oakum
£110 PLUS CARR
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