I think it's like a big steel comb which is used to scrape dressed masonry
blocks, giving the finish you sometimes see on smart buildings where there
is a series of parallel vertical lines or striations across the stone which
unifies the surface. A finishing tool, I think, I've never used one.
yrs
Richard
> From: Deborah Procter
>
> I have been looking through various tool catalogues recently
> and come across a series of French drags. What are they
> used for?
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