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@ottaross something spherical would not be spherical anymore after impact, especially in oak. My bet is still on a lead bullet somewhere around caliber .22 - maybe pistol.

Need to find a Coulaux catalogue, I guess. In the meantime, this remains a fermoir until proven otherwise. I’ve got other big chisels.Nosban also defines the fermoir back in the early 1800s (merci, Nico). At that point the blades were made of three layers fused together; two iron on the outsides and a steel in the middle for the edge.That further suggests to me that a true fermoir would have tops/bottoms equally tapered like daggers, not sided differently.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The ragged horn annoyed me enough I’m going for it.I can’t for the life of me dry clamp the damn patch, but the fact I can balance an 8-kilo hunk of brass on it speaks to it’s flatness. A circus elephant on a stick.I’ll level it up more so it doesn’t slide off like the Grinch’s sled when glued, but that will create plenty of pressure and squeeze-out.The tote looks like beech, but not sure. The patch is ash, already having a flat side. Only other thing I have is oak.