#Curved bark peeler draw knife free

This will permit free movement of the blade over the stone. We recommend placing and securing the sharpening stone on a surface raised high enough to let the knife's handles hang freely to either side. Should the knife jam in the workpiece, it should never be used as a lever to separate the chip from the work, but should be carefully backed out of the cut.īecause drawknives' handles tend to be get in the way, sharpening is a little trickier than sharpening a plane iron or chisel.

Under no circumstances should a drawknife be pushed since this would very likely lead to loss of control over the tool and possibly injury. Some tips on the use and sharpening of drawknives.ĭrawknives are so called because they perform their work by being drawn, not pushed through the workpiece, toward the user. The thickness of the Oxhead blades at the beginning of the bevel is 4 to 4.5 mm, that of the Gränsfors blade 5 mm, and that of the Frost blade 2.5 mm. The draw knife is a tool that can be used in many ways: for stripping bark from trunks, for trimming and fitting beams or square timbers during renovations, and also as a creative artistic tool in the hands of the wood sculptor.