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randyjaco

randyjaco

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Don't you hate it when you buy stuff and don't even know what it is? I bought some woodworking stuff and I am going to need some help figuring out what I have. The first is what I thought was a screwdriver. On closer look, the blade is mighty thin to be a screwdriver of this size and it doesn't seem to be ground down. It appears to have come that way from the manufacturer. On the shaft is stamped "A. Kuhns"
The others seem to be shaves/draw knives. I am thinking that the one with the brass thumbscrews might be made outside the USA.
Any knowledgable folks out there, Google is not helping
Randy
 

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First one looks like an old pattern gunsmith screwdriver with reworked handle (flattened on or two sides), The others are all spokeshaves although of an older style. Spokehaves have soles to make depth of cut more controllable, drawknives are blade and two handles only, no sole.

-frank
 
I have several screwdrivers like that, they were common; "back in the day" screws had much narrower slots back them than now.
 
They are (were) usually referred to as "cabinet makers" screwdrivers
 
randyjaco said:
The others seem to be shaves/draw knives. I am thinking that the one with the brass thumbscrews might be made outside the USA.
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The two cutting tools are spokeshaves; neither appear to be anything special if you are worried about them having antique value. The wooden spokeshave is nice in that it has the brass wear plate ahead of the blade.

To use the spokeshave effectively, you need to be able to hold the work and push or pull the spokeshave with both hands. The traditional working station is a shaving horse. These take up a lot of room so some folks prefer a much smaller version; the shaving pony!


Craig
(We were playing with my buddy's shaving pony just last weekend!)
 
Thanks, guys. I appreciate the feedback. Merry Christmas
Randy
 
The wooden spokeshave is sweet and look at those screws. I have a couple waiting to get put in a shadow box for displaying.
 
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