Draw knife..
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Draw knife..
So I agreed to swap a draw knife for some osage some months ago but a pinched nerve in the neck has kept me out of the shed until now.
Got this finished today so will be in the mail soon to the new owner. I hope he is happy with the deal.
Cheers KIM
Got this finished today so will be in the mail soon to the new owner. I hope he is happy with the deal.
Cheers KIM
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Yep, reckon he will be Always love a good swap.kimall wrote:So I agreed to swap a draw knife for some osage some months ago but a pinched nerve in the neck has kept me out of the shed until now.
Got this finished today so will be in the mail soon to the new owner. I hope he is happy with the deal.
Cheers KIM
Many thanks again
Steve
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Some nice work Kim, I can see a few tons of shaving coming of that for shore. Always good to see what you've been up to in the shed mate.
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Nice job Kim
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As always Kim, top job !
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Looks like a great tool Kim.
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wish I had one as good as that when I just reduced three osage staves to a single ring last week . Took me 6 days to complete the 3 staves. Damn rings were very narrow and nearly went cross eyed chasing each ring.All good in the end, sitting on my drying rack now to season.Good work Kim.
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Draw knife arrived today thanks Kim. Gotta say it feels lovely in the hand, really nice and solid feel with a good balance and has that quality old school feel.
Easily whipped off some shavings on an osage log for gits and shiggles and reversed the blade acts as a nice coarse scraper. Just a pity I'm about to lose all spare time for a few months but will attack some staves/logs in the cooler months.
Many thanks again.
Easily whipped off some shavings on an osage log for gits and shiggles and reversed the blade acts as a nice coarse scraper. Just a pity I'm about to lose all spare time for a few months but will attack some staves/logs in the cooler months.
Many thanks again.
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Glad it works for you mate it should still be ok in a few months..lol
Cheers KIM
Cheers KIM
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looks nice and should work well , if you dont mind me asking what type of steel is in it as I was thinking of making 1 out of an old car leaf spring
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Hi archerark, welcome to Ozbow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAj9aNLsZw
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Daryl.
The following link may give you some ideas for your project.archerark wrote:looks nice and should work well , if you dont mind me asking what type of steel is in it as I was thinking of making 1 out of an old car leaf spring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAj9aNLsZw
Can you put your location e.g. city or town in your avatar?
Daryl.
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Thanks for the nice comments guys The steel is from an old sawmill blade and should be something like 1095.
I have made a lot of knives from this blade and know that it hardens just right for a nice fine edge.
Leaf spring would work for this too but if it is old it may have stress fractures you wont see until after heat treat
and a polish. This is of course AFTER all the hard work getting it to that stage.
Cheers KIM
I have made a lot of knives from this blade and know that it hardens just right for a nice fine edge.
Leaf spring would work for this too but if it is old it may have stress fractures you wont see until after heat treat
and a polish. This is of course AFTER all the hard work getting it to that stage.
Cheers KIM
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thankyou for that Kim and ( hi to all )