easter present for me

[jape]

Look what I found this morning - went down the shop for bread having forgotten about the holiday and tourists and there was an 'antiques and collectible faire' in the old town hall, I usually avoid them but few tourists were up and about so I browsed quickly and found these, got the two for thirty bucks which was a bit expensive as the blades are a little past it, will look good on the rack though and the one I tried out worked well enough. There was a lovely chased and engraved sabre too but $650 was beyond my pocket money

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[Stickbow Hunter]

They sure could tell some tales Jape. The larger one looks like English Oak, do you think it is?

Jeff

[pdccr]

It would be cool to find out what things those made, they look pretty well seasoned too.

[jape]

Difficult to say Jeff, even close up, but I think you are right, the colour is mainly from grime, it has a small fleck in the grain but could be Ash. I will get a better look when I clean them up. I expected Beech but I am pretty sure it isn't that with that grain pattern.

They have been well used rather than abused and they take a great edge still. I am pleased I got them, just have to breakfast off Weetbix this week because I spent the bread and egg money on them!

[DylanK]

They somesort of draw knife?

[jape]

They some sort of draw knife?

No mate, vintage spoke-shaves, these are 300mm and 250mm with 90mm and 75mm blades.
Easier to get on with for wood removal on a bow for example, a draw-knife can be fierce until you have mastered it but a spoke-shave has a platform to run along the wood and help control the cut.
Draw-knife here:

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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-Draw-Kni ... 28001r2106

[Stickbow Hunter]

I will get a better look when I clean them up.

They look good as they are.

Jeff

[jape]

I will get a better look when I clean them up.

They look good as they are. Jeff

Aye agreed, but perhaps just a very fine wire-wool rub with white spirit, then a beeswax polish?

[DylanK]

They some sort of draw knife?

No mate, vintage spoke-shaves, these are 300mm and 250mm with 90mm and 75mm blades.
Easier to get on with for wood removal on a bow for example, a draw-knife can be fierce until you have mastered it but a spoke-shave has a platform to run along the wood and help control the cut.
Draw-knife here:

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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-Draw-Kni ... 28001r2106

Understood. Thanks for that.

Dylan

[longbowinfected]

Jape, if you clean up the end pores, presumably at the end of the handles and if you have a 10 times handlens or better, oak has paired lines of medullary rays which are quite white [starch stored there].

10x hand lenses can be obtained from gold panning and fossickers supply houses quite cheaply.

Kevin