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n. - A woodworker's knife to shave surfaces.

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Usage examples (11)
  • With heartwoods, you must shave off the bark and white sapwood with a drawknife to reach the darker, denser wood beneath.
  • Reduce the stave to your outline with a drawknife, rasp, and file (making sure not to cut into the growth ring atop the back of the bow).
  • DRYING AND SHAPING Pare the green stave with a hatchet and a drawknife so that it's slightly larger than the shape of your intended design.
  • A carving horse where the grandfather had been when they came into the yard held a split billet of ash he had been working with a drawknife.
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