Reed Making Equipment
Double Reed Tool Rolls
This 100% Leather, handmade double reed tool roll is a beautiful way to store your beloved reed kit. It has 4 compartments in total 3 for your knives, pliers and mandrels and one for threads, staples, wire etc.
The maximum length for any knife, mandrel or ruler is for the compartments is approximately 19cm and the width is just over 5.5cm.
The left hand compartment is just over 20cm in length and 5.5cm in width
the total measurement of the case is L=21cm W=29cm
The leather is soft to the touch, and as a result is prone to light scuffing which adds to its natural look.
Please Note: Tools not included.
Beautifully made Chiarugi reed knives are now available on www.ionareed.co.uk.
Chiarugi knife with bevel edge on one side. 4 mm thick and 8 cm long, it is made of special steel, tempered and ground. Sharpening is hand finished. The handle is in polished African ebony wood.
These knives are available Right or Left handed.
Please Note:
Due to very strict EU rules on the selling of knives, purchasers MUST be 18 or over.
REED KNIVES
Oboe & Cor anglais Mandrels
Beautifully made Chiarugi mandrels are now available on www.ionareed.co.uk. We are currently stocking 2 different style of mandrel.
Left - Chiarugi classic (baroque) style mandrel Stainless steel-made, it is hand finished. The handle is African glossy ebony wood.
Right - Chiarugi modern style mandrel Stainless steel-made, it is hand finished. The handle is in polished African ebony wood.
Cutting Blocks
2 sizes of Chiarugi ebony cutting blocks are available 25mm & 38mm
Plaques for reed adjusting are now available on www.ionareed.co.uk. We are currently stocking 3 different style.
Flat plaque made from high quality burnished steel.
Convex plaque made from Ebony available for oboe & bassoon
Convex plaque made from high quality burnished steel.
PLAQUES
Flat Nosed Smooth Jawed Pliers
These flat nosed pliers are perfect for reed making and also due to their smooth jaws can be used in instrument repairing and adjusting without damging the instrument.
Metal Ruler
These flat nosed pliers are perfect for reed making and also due to their smooth jaws can be used in instrument repairing and adjusting without damging the instrument.
Bees Wax
It has never been more important to take care over the choices we make when buying beeswax products. IonaReed is very proud to be stocking Filberts beeswax which is one of the finest beeswax available.
Produced in Dorset, UK Filberts plant crops that benefit the arable rotation and feed the bees. The crops produced forage for bees – sainfoin, phacelia, clover as well as improving the quality of the arable soil. This beeswax is truly bee friendly and by buying this product, you’re choosing to invest in British bees.
Brass Wire
This Brass wire is available in 3mm or 6mm in thickness and is of the highest quality, supplied for IonaReed by Chiarugi in Italy
