Question - Draw knife use

M3mphis

M3mphis

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This may seem random...but...
How often and for what tasks would you like to have a draw knife with you in the woods whether it be for bushcrafting, survival, etc?
 
Personally I use one for peeling lodgepole pines for tipi poles for Native American / Mtn Man Rendevous, Scouts, etc. I also use it for pine pole furniture for cabin's. I love them. I could probably use a hand held belt sander, but like the look they leave. Joe
 
a draw knife or using your knife as a draw knife helps you maintain a more consistent angle for a greater distance when shaving wood. It also helps to stave off fatigue when doing a lot of shaving since you are using your whole torso for the task.
 
Talfuchre said:
What type of draw knife do you have in mind?

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I'm not sure. I'm honestly not very familiar with them, and I've never used one. If you had a woods knife, say with a 8" or so blade, that was designed to be very comfortable to use in a "draw fashion" - would you find that a useful feature or not?
 
Marcelo Cantu said:
a draw knife or using your knife as a draw knife helps you maintain a more consistent angle for a greater distance when shaving wood. It also helps to stave off fatigue when doing a lot of shaving since you are using your whole torso for the task.
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That makes sense. Do you have any examples of why you would do a lot of shaving while in the woods? (I'm not thinking of a shop tool)
 
draw knife got me into the shooting sports many years ago.. used it to rough out the stock for a T/C Hawken muzzle loader kit
 
I refurbish/re-haft alot of old axe/hatchet heads that I pick up. My Mora drawknife is the ideal tool for shaping new handles to often odd shaped axe head eyes. It's the main reason I bought it. As was said earlier,you can use your body weight and both hands for stabilization if you use a vice.--KV
 
the draw knife gets used lots on the studio. esp making selfbows. but in the woods i would agree with some other posters-a good decent size knife would work just about as well(esp if you are familiar with how to use a draw knife). cant imagine carrying a drawknife into the woods. unless i had something particular in mind, like roughing out a sapling bow.
 
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