Photos and uses of Drawknives

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Not sure if this is right sub-forum, but drawknives are awesome tools! Post a photo of your drawknives and what you use them for. I'm using the large drawknife pictured here to make this cherry canoe paddle. The small drawknife is used for the fine work on the handle, shaft and throat of the paddle. I also have a straight and concave lie-nielson spoke-shave, but I find the dk better for even the fine work on the paddle.

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Another hour of work done this evening......actually starting to look like a paddle. Cherry is such sweet work to work with..... the wet spot on the left side is called putting yourself into your work (sweat) :D


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Those are some nice tools and skills.

Aside from debarking logs for a house I have never used a drawknife.
 
The draw knife and I are best friends. I feel like it's my go-to for so many jobs. It's how I turn the overly thick hickory logs I get into actual axe handles.

I have a big masting knife, a greenlee 10" blade, and a smaller, swept blade model. Also, a Neeman Tools Peeling knife. The real question is, bevel down, up, or both???
 
jpeeler said:
The real question is, bevel down, up, or both???
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Classic... Both! I have some that have bevels really apt for using that way, and the flat back on some of mine (some are back beveled) are handy for thinning instead of cutting curves etc.
 
My smallest has a rolled bevel that gives so much more control than a flat grind bevel. I swear I can do almost any cut with that knife, bevel down. Cross grain, against the grain, just takes control.

And BTW, Craft, that oar looks Excellent! Maybe it's time to make a Shaving Horse to work on?
 
jpeeler said:
And BTW, Craft, that oar looks Excellent! Maybe it's time to make a Shaving Horse to work on?
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lol, why, what's wrong with my picnic table jig? :p Yes, I am very much in need of a shaving horse. I tend to move around a lot and my Dubuque wooden handscrews let me turn any horizontal surface into a vise. But they are very much sub-optimal.
 
There is no movement whatsoever in the handles. There are two hemispherical bulges in each joint that lock it absolutely tight. I use that one for trail work because it's easy to toss in the pack but it gets used at home, too. It peels cedar lickety-split.

And to answer the real question, for me it's bevel side down about 80% of the time. I'll sometimes flip it in an area that is knot free and relatively flat. Knock those knots down flush with the axe first.
 
Square_peg said:
There is no movement whatsoever in the handles. There are two hemispherical bulges in each joint that lock it absolutely tight. I use that one for trail work because it's easy to toss in the pack but it gets used at home, too. It peels cedar lickety-split.
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I think I will be picking one up in my next trip to the antique market. Thanks for the tip.
 
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