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Forge your own pritchels from old car coil springs then harden & temper them. Cheaper & better than shop rubbish. Make them fairly long & you will keep your fingers away from the red hot steel.
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What I generally do is to punch the holes at red heat with a pritchel. It is the traditional way in the cutlery industry - holes were rarely drilled in the old days before stamped out blanks and...