Drawknife

Object Name:

Drawknife

Object ID:

1994.508.56

Description:

Knife, draw. Iron. Dark brown hardwood handle at one end; round shaft with slightly bulbous bottom end. Tang of blade fits through center of handle and is peened over on wooden surface towards center of tool. Tip of tang at other end is broken off and missing along with handle. Handle tangs are at right angle to length of blade. Blade section is approximately 2" high x 11.7" wide. Six, semi-circular, graduated, curved cutting surfaces in edge of blade. At right side is straight surface that appears to have no cutting edge and is about 2" wide. At left side is blank area of blade 0.4" wide. Curved portions of arcs have beveled edge to create individual cutting areas. Width from point-to-point of cutting sections are from left to right: 1.4", 2.7", 1.7", 1.3", 1", and 0.85". From left to right is short, blank area between arches of third and fourth, fifth and sixth. Blade thickness near top edge approximately 0.3". On back side of blade top edge, small chamfered surface from one edge to other edge of material. At ends of cutting surface, shank that leads to downward bend into handle sections is approximately 2" wide. Edges of shanks slightly beveled by hammering. Depth of cutting edge arches range from 0.33" to 0.4".

Material:

Metal
Wood
Iron

Dimensions:

H-5.6 W-17.7 D-1.4 inches