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Bowyers Flote
Rod:
Are the flute marks on the MR bows not very like the marks left by a curved scraper?
I'm minded of the "bowyers edge" of Dean Torges which is just a variant on the spokeshave type of scraper, like those used in chair making.
Lie Nielsen also do something of this sort if high-end heirloom quality hand tools are your thing.
Rod.
Jaro:
Yes they look like something made by scraper-like tool, yet, the round belly profile can be as easy faceted with straight scraper indeed like some kind of spokeshave. I have made me variation to one in ash wood, and it is amazing tool, though unless the sole is plated with bronze or say bone it wears sown very quickly.
I still think that spokeshave is the ultimate bowyers tool and can be used on "one tool does it all" much more elegantly than rasp, altough the second is sometimes neded for very dificult wood. The images of old "bowyer flotes" as presented look to me more like single cut rasp of kind, which is very fine and common tool among musical instrument makers, rather than big honking modern version, with set of scrapers, which leaves in me impression of something unwieldly and badly controlable, or something meant for diferent sort of work (like planishing table tops).
I m oggling Lie Neilson tools for something like 5 years, so dont tempt me, old satan ;D ;D ;D
Jaro
CraigMBeckett:
Rod,
If the Arms for the Worshipful Company of Bowyers were granted in 1488, then the Flotes depicted on the arms are representations of the tools used by Bowyers of the time. If you choose to put a tool on your coat of arms one would assume that the tool was very important to you.
You can get convex, concave and flat bladed floates now and I can see no reason why they were not available in 1488. The concave and convex bladed floates would leave similar marks to those you describe.
Craig.
Jaro:
Notice that those depicted on the coat of arms do not look at all like the modern one.
J.
Rod:
Craig,
The image on the coat of arms does not appear to show a tool that would leave flute marks or be used for finishing.
I appears to be more like some kind of coarse rasping tool that one might use for roughing out or any other rapid removal where the finish was not a concern.
Rod.
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