The Marshalltown 48D Gauging Trowel is a rounded-heel masonry trowel with a DuraSoft cushioned handle, the gauger’s traditional pattern that mixes plaster, lime, and small mortar batches in a hawk or board without the squared corner that dings against the hawk surface. The rounded heel scoops material cleanly and lets the user work the mix back to center without skating off the edge.
Use it for gauging plaster batches in a hawk, mixing small mortar quantities for repair pointing, transferring plaster from board to wall on patch jobs, lime mortar work, decorative plaster where small batches matter, and any small-format mixing chore where a margin trowel’s square corner gets in the way. The DuraSoft handle reduces wrist fatigue on the repetitive mixing cycle.
Marshalltown has been forging masonry tools in Marshalltown, Iowa since 1890 and remains the trusted American brand on commercial concrete and brick crews coast-to-coast. The 48D carries Marshalltown’s lifetime warranty against defects in material and workmanship.
