An awl is a woodworking tool used to mark a piece of wood. It is made up of a wooden handle with a pointed, needle-shaped piece of steel protruding from it. The handle is typically round or cylindrical and fits in the palm of the users hand. The needle-shaped steel point varies from a few millimeters to a centimeter thick at its base and tapers to a point sharp enough to scratch the surface of a piece of wood. The length of the needle varies from around 7 cm to 15 cm. Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is an organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... Look up Handle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word handle may refer to any of several things: a device attached to a movable object, that is gripped to move or use the object; see handle (grip) (especially in citizens band radio and online) a pseudonym; see user name ans... The word needle has several meanings: // Sewing Needles used for sewing In sewing, a needle is a long, slender, object with a pointed tip, usually made of metal. ... // Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... The word cylinder has several meanings. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol: cm) is an SI unit of length. ...

An awl is used to mark a piece of wood either by scratching the surface of it or by making a pock marked hole in the surface. It is often used in conjunction with a straightedge or a try square to mark straight lines on wood in preparation for tasks such as sawing. A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is an organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... Look up Hole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term hole may refer to: Black hole Electron hole, the absence of an electron in the valence band in solid state physics and electronics. ... For the subculture, see Straight edge. ... A try square is a woodworking tool used for marking and measuring a piece of wood. ... Portable saw The article is about the cutting tool. ...

An awl is also used by leatherworkers, such as cobblers (shoemakers), to pierce holes in leather. The English disparaging term "cobblers", usually meaning "nonsense", is Cockney rhyming slang for "balls" from the phrase "Cobblers' awls". The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ...

Awl is also the NATO reporting name for the Raduga K-9 air-to-air missile. NATO reporting names were code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich K-9 (NATO reporting name AA-4 Awl) was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s. ...