Drawknives anyone? Spokeshaves?

[Square_peg]

That carriage makers shave is over-the-top cool!

 

[Miller '72]

I also have this drawknife, I needed daylight to take a picture of...

5" blade

...time to find a spokshave(?)

 

[Square_peg]

Coopers drawknife.

 

[I'mSoSharp]

These are the one's I use.

A relatively recent 16" Marples with a 12" Peugeot & P&M.

The Peugeot has a little more curve in it than the P&M.

If anyone knows who P&M was that'd be great, if I did ever know I've forgotten & a quick Google turned up nothing.

 

[A17]

My few drawknives and spokeshaves. I got 3 of them for free! The second pic's mark is Marshall-Smith Tool co. It also says warranted under the dried bark residue. The missing stamp on the wooden one is probably why I got it for free. That and I amazed the vendor with how much I know about old tools. Sorry 'bout the out of focus pics.

 

[Miller '72]

A few more drawknives, and finally spokeshaves.

 

[Maine20]

Picked up a Stanley 51 spokeshave nothing special but should work well enough. I am new to these, should the blade be installed bevel up or down? I saw them installed both ways while looking through them. I tried it out bevel up and it worked well.

 

[garry3]

Picked up a Stanley 51 spokeshave nothing special but should work well enough. I am new to these, should the blade be installed bevel up or down? I saw them installed both ways while looking through them. I tried it out bevel up and it worked well.

Bevel down.

 

[phantomknives]

Picked up a Stanley 51 spokeshave nothing special but should work well enough. I am new to these, should the blade be installed bevel up or down? I saw them installed both ways while looking through them. I tried it out bevel up and it worked well.

last time i tried bevel up it turned into a scraper and chattered, come to think of it my bevel is probably way too steep

 

[Old Axeman]

There are exceptions to every rule, but I have always found the following works for planes (spoke shave is just a plane with a very short sole): the maker (Stanley, Record, Kunz, etc.) put their mark on the top side of the blade, this makes it easy to see, at a glance, if the blade is right side up; low angle planes have blades with the bevel up, most other planes have the bevel down. Stanley did make a razor edge spoke shave with the bevel up- # 72, 73,75, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85. Lee Valley/ Veritas makes a low angle spoke shave, #05P32.01 that is useful.

 

[osage outlaw]

I've got a thing for draw knives. These are some old pictures. I am closing in on 50. I have a couple that I use frequently when making longbows.

 

[Agent_H]

I picked up a Stanley 64 today :
Flap, flap,


soar.

Two Stanley 151's on the left. The more recent Model 151 is marked Made in England, the older one is "New Britain, Conn."

I'm convinced it takes as much work to use a spoke shave as it does to "keep" a spoke shave.

 

[phantomknives]

I picked up a Stanley 64 today :
Flap, flap,


soar.

Two Stanley 151's on the left. The more recent Model 151 is marked Made in England, the older one is "New Britain, Conn."

I'm convinced it takes as much work to properly use a spoke shave as it does to properly "keep" a spoke shave.

at one time i thought i was close to owning one of every type of stanley spokeshave. i'm still learning how wrong i am, i didnt even know there was a flat bottomed 63 until today, and it's the 64.

 

[garry3]

I picked up a Stanley 64 today :
Flap, flap,


soar.

Two Stanley 151's on the left. The more recent Model 151 is marked Made in England, the older one is "New Britain, Conn."

I'm convinced it takes as much work to use a spoke shave as it does to "keep" a spoke shave.

The smoother casting is the older one? And how old is the made in England? I didn't even know they were not all made in the USA. I have heard that the 151 has changed through the years but really interesting to see the differences.

 

[Old Axeman]

I dont know when Stanley started making the 151 in England but I bought some new in the mid 1970's and they were still being sold new in 2000 when I bought some more. Same time period, Stanley was also having other hand planes made in England.

 

[rjdankert]

Here is what I have:

Draw Knives Greenlee 10 in. & Oakleaf 8 in.

Metal spoke shaves

Wooden handled spoke shaves

Shave horse

thanks for looking

Oops, pictures went away:







Bob

 

[Brian Rust]

I recently picked up this spokeshave that had a cracked iron cap. I figured brass would be a better fit. It is softer and fits flush against the iron making it much more stable. The original was so thin it did not keep it very stable. So before getting a chunk of brass I went to a few junk stores and found this little thing for .25 cents! I used the bottom because it was the thickest part. It’s just under a quarter inch thick. I used a grinder to cut most the way through it and then knocked it out with the chisel. Works better than new! I could have spent more time on it to get it perfect but it works great the way it is! Thanks for looking!

 

[jake pogg]

Neat repair job,Brian,right on!

(looks like you're using a blacksmith's set for a hammer...

 

[Ernest DuBois]

I recently picked up this spokeshave that had a cracked iron cap. I figured brass would be a better fit.

Lie-Nelson co. will be jealous.

 

[garry3]

My crusty old Stanley 152. The old yard sale find wasn't such a good deal when I went to sharpen the badly pitted blade. So I spent twenty dollars or so for a replacement which was a lot more than the cost of the tool. I never claimed to be real bright but my only regret is not using it more often.