Posted 9/13/2006 20:45 (#43549 - in reply to #43503) Subject: Possibly cooked your own goose
From your description, it sounds like you may have been given a set of twist drills for wood. They do exist, I have a box of them from a woodworking factory. They look exactly like a normal twist drill, but they won't cut metal to save your life. They are sharpened at a different angle, and heat treated to a different hardness.