Drawknives
Also known as: Draw Knife, Drawing Knife, Draw Shave, Draft Shave, or Shaving Knife.
The drawknife is used for the removal of excess timber, for rounding off stock and for chamfering, either freehand or in a shave horse.
There are many designs of drawknife, many particular to a certain trade (e.g chair maker, cooper, handle maker, gun stock maker, mast maker, carpenter etc) and variations of patterns.
There are some delightful old draw knives still to be found at boot fairs and specialist sales (but be careful to check that the edge is still good and that the back of the blade is not pitted with cleaned out rust).
We have a selection here of new draw knives to suit most budgets and size requirements, including one from Gransfors Bruk factory in Sweden, who hand forge their draw knives.