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Draw knife..

#1 Post by kimall » Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:13 pm

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. :oops:
Cheers KIM
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#2 Post by flyonline » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:51 am

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. :oops:
Cheers KIM
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Yep, reckon he will be :lol: Always love a good swap.

Many thanks again

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#3 Post by UPTHETOP » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:59 pm

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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#4 Post by Gringa Bows » Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:22 am

Nice job Kim

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#5 Post by perry » Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:11 pm

As always Kim, top job !
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#6 Post by rodlonq » Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:46 pm

Looks like a great tool Kim.

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#7 Post by bigbob » Fri Jan 13, 2017 6:57 pm

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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#8 Post by flyonline » Mon Jan 16, 2017 4:35 pm

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.

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#9 Post by kimall » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:25 pm

Glad it works for you mate it should still be ok in a few months..lol
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#10 Post by archerark » Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:50 pm

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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#11 Post by greybeard » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:27 pm

Hi archerark, welcome to Ozbow.
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
The following link may give you some ideas for your project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFAj9aNLsZw

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#12 Post by kimall » Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:37 pm

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.
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#13 Post by archerark » Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:00 am

thankyou for that Kim and ( hi to all )

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