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Andyp wrote:Thanks Roger, I will have to find one locally as UK eBay sellers in the past have gone OTT when posting here.
Andyp wrote:I need a drawknife to get the bark off of some 3” thick boards, see raised bed thread in Projects board
RogerS wrote:Andyp wrote:Thanks Roger, I will have to find one locally as UK eBay sellers in the past have gone OTT when posting here.
I can always get something for you on eBay and then send on.
Doug wrote:Andyp wrote:I need a drawknife to get the bark off of some 3” thick boards, see raised bed thread in Projects board
I remove quite a bit of bark off planks & just use a small hand axe, the single handed operation leaving my other hand free to steady the plank, a drawer knife would make it quite a slower job, just my shillings worth
Mike G wrote:....cleaning up a waney edge.
Rod wrote:I’ve got an old one without handles, the ends are long tapered tangs which must have been forced into the handles.
Rod
heimlaga wrote:In my opinion Scandinavian style drawknives are best for peeling bark. The curved blade and straight handles make them a lot less tiring to use than drawknives with straight blade and angled handles.
Billnäs and Gränsfors are my favourite makes. Billnäs quit making them in the 70-ies or thereabout so Gränsfors is the name to look for.
https://www.gransforsbruk.com/produkt/g ... -bandkniv/
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heimlaga wrote:In my opinion Scandinavian style drawknives are best for peeling bark. The curved blade and straight handles make them a lot less tiring to use than drawknives with straight blade and angled handles.
Billnäs and Gränsfors are my favourite makes. Billnäs quit making them in the 70-ies or thereabout so Gränsfors is the name to look for.
https://www.gransforsbruk.com/produkt/g ... -bandkniv/
I am too late for this discussion and for barking just a bunch of boards it makes no difference so your drawknife will certainly serve you well Andy.
When you bark logs all day for a log building or when you work your way through two 6 ton tractor trailers stacked full of newly sawn boards with waney edges it is another matter.
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