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This has been the Katz-Moses favorite marking gauge for 5 years and an indispensable tool to use when laying out woodworking joinery.
Both Imperial and Metric measurements along the shaft
Head, adjustment knob and tail are all solid brass and incredible gorgeous.
Head is 1.625" (1-5/8") in diameter and can be micro adjusted with one hand using and 0.75" diameter knurled adjustment screw.
Cutter is replaceable (replacements available on our website)
Cutter 0.375" and is made from hardened steel and easily slices across wood grain, both with and against the grain.
The cutter retracts into countersunk head to protect it when not in use.
The steel beam is 7" long by 5/16" in diameter, is hardened and has a groove milled along one edge to prevent head from rotating during fine adjustments.
United StatesThis marking gage is solid. Feels great in the hand. Wish the markings were colored but it’s a nice unit.
United StatesLove the weight of this marking gauge and its solid feel. But the markings are quite difficult to read. The reflections of light on the metal interferes with the black markings.
CanadaI have several and this is my favorite
United StatesI’m always looking for things that still at least FEEL like they’re made well..b/c not much actually is these days. This marking gauge is. It’s got a great weight to it. It feels substantial. Not too heavy. But it feels as heavy as you’d expect considering it’s made of brass. Accurate too. & I like the micro-adjust twist knob. Very helpful. I knew nothing about marking knives or gauges before watching this channel, but consider me a convert.
CanadaBeautiful to hold and behold. I actually spent hours at first just fidgeting with it for the sheer pleasure and in order to get properly acquainted with it. I even bragged about it my anthropology class ("Body, Craft and Technology") and let students handle it and guess what it was. While fidgeting with it, I felt the edge of the cutter to be a little rough, especially as compared with my Veritas Micro-Adjust marking gauge. Veritas is very sharp and cuts beautifully but the line it leaves is too fine for me to see. This one makes a satisfyingly deep and visible line. Since I often like to enhance its visibility by running a 0.5 mechanical pencil through it, this gauge has a real advantage over Veritas. I can just put the pencil in the groove and follow it freehand. The tip will stay in the groove. Veritas gauge makes too fine a line for that. So far, I haven't felt the need to use the micro-adjust feature and I think it will take some time to get used to it. All in all, I think it is a both very practical, efficient, solid and well-designed as well as beautiful to (be)hold.
