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17 March 2014 at 4:11 pm
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The photo that you posted shows a bit with no spurs. The spur is the part that scores the wood ahead of the bit to minimize tear out. I’ve seen these referred to as ships augers and scotch pattern augers. There is not a lot of info that I could find on these, but this may help with your search.
http://www.theluddite.com/auger_bits.html