I just checked the iron on my Stearns hollow auger -- it is like a 
knife edge with symmetrical bevels on each side.  The photo on my 
website doesn't have enough detail to show the edge, but here it is:

http://home.earthlink.net/~kvaughn65k/hollow_auger_pointer.jpg

Ken Vaughn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Isola" 
To: "Blake Ashley" ; "Timothy A Collins" 
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OldTools] hollow auger sharpening

> More hollow auger pondering, this time from Blake (I love this 
> stuff!):
>
> Is the iron in the Stearns bedded at a non-zero angle?
>
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