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What a great idea! This looks like a terrific little shaping tool.
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Lee Valley has a new drawknife also, a carver’s drawknife that is a little larger than the spoon knife above yet smaller than a full-sized drawknife.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/too...-drawknife
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Lee Valley has had that small drawknife for quite a while in O1 steel and just started offering in PM-V11. I’ve owned the former for years and it’s a very nice detail knife.
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Flexcut makes a 3" draw knife. The Gramercy looks like it would be uncomfortable after prolonged use. Only $31.00 from Amazon - less than half the price of the Gramercy. If I'm making spoons, I only use a draw knife for rough shaping. After that it's a spokeshave.
https://www.amazon.com/Flexcut-Carving-L...op?ie=UTF8
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(10-19-2020, 06:57 AM)AHill Wrote: Flexcut makes a 3" draw knife. The Gramercy looks like it would be uncomfortable after prolonged use. Only $31.00 from Amazon - less than half the price of the Gramercy. If I'm making spoons, I only use a draw knife for rough shaping. After that it's a spokeshave.
https://www.amazon.com/Flexcut-Carving-L...op?ie=UTF8
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I have had the Flexcut for years...it's a good little drawknife, and with handles that provide a good, comfortable grip...I agree with Allan...I use the spokeshave for most of the work...
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(10-17-2020, 10:08 PM)Aram Wrote: What a great idea! This looks like a terrific little shaping tool.
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Well, I've made a spoon or two (thousand) using a standard draw knife for crude shape. Length is used to slice while drawing, so it's often nice to have. That said, I have set my
https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/too...spokeshave for a fairly thick shaving and prefer using it, as I do my basic work on fresh wood. I own two, one set for flat, one for curve. The other four spokeshaves - Stanley/Record gather dust in the cabinet.
NB. Put your leather (or wooden) chest protector on when using your shaving bench and drawknife. Hope I never need it, but it stays on so I can anchor the rough-shaved piece against it when the Mora knife finishes the job.
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I showed that to my nephew who is really getting into spoon carving. His first comment was that the handles needed to be twisted around to make it practical for use. I kind of agree.