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Draw knife for a beginner?

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robbsbass:
Ok thanks, that seems to makes sense, lets see what others have to say.

Pat B:
All 3 of mine are relatively dull. All I use a draw knife for is removing bark and sapwood and sometimes to reduce a bit of wood from the sides. Most all of the rest (except for the band saw work) with a scraper and Nicholson #50 rasp.       Pat

madcrow:
My draw knife is sharp enough to shave the hair off a knats' butt.  It is made from the old steel and is atleast 75 years old.  My said said that his dad used it to make hickory strips for chaip bottoms when he was little and he is 72.  My favorite tillering scraper is a very large butcher knife with a slightly curved blade probably 25 to 30 years old.

bushytail:
A spokeshave will come in handy also. ;)

Tom_Brone:
I agree a draw knife is a good place to start for most people, but it wasn't for me.
The first items I bought were a rasp and a drawknife, and I've never used my drawknife since then (besides my yew bow).

You have to ask yourself the question what type of bow you want to build.
If you will build a laminated bow (a good place to start for a beginne, like hickory and ash or something like that) you don't need one.
If you will start with building a bow from a stave, than I do recommend you get a drawknife. Be awre though, if you will be using ash a drawknife won't do the job!
If your first bow will be osage or yew or any wood without interlocking grain, then use a drawknife. I used mine on an ash bow and after the first time I switched to my rasp.

if you buy a drawknife, buy a good one from the first time.

Tom

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