Old-timers will recall "hoop poles", tall slender young saplings of shagbark hickory that were split and fashioned with the "drawshave" into barrel hoops. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
But there was a cooper's shop in town, and James was already very handy with a drawshave in getting out staves. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
Between his knees is a stout thong of wood, whittled round by the drawshave which his sleeping hand still holds in his lap. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays] Reference
A hundred years ago Fairhaven had a dozen men or more who, with an auger, an adz, a broadax and a drawshave, could build a boat or a house warranted to outlast the owner. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
Also known as a drawshave. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
Jim Hill as a boy fought the battle of life with ax, hoe, maul, adz, shovel, pick, mattock, drawshave, rake and pitchfork. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen] Reference
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