Awl

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An awl is basically a sharpened piece of material attached to a hand (usually of wood) and used to pierce other materials, most notably leather, when making shoes.

A straight diamond section blade is common from the medieval material but modern leathworkers usually use a curved awl with a ovoid cross section which enables the construction of tunnel stiches when making producing turnshoes or the welts of later medieval shoes.