Blacksmithing: Forging a Drawknife
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Some time back, my dad asked if would make him a drawknife, well only a couple of years later and I've finally gotten around to it!
A draw knife is used to make all sorts, but probably most useful for making handles, a task at which it excels. In fact after trying this one out I plan to make another for myself.
The metalwork is all forged in one, from an old farrier's rasp.
The handles were made from a lump of oak, from a tree I coppiced myself.
The little ferrules on the handles are cut from a scrap of copper pipe.
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A thing of beauty and father and son beards - what could be more delightful?
I was overcome with emotion at the end there for some reason, a really nice touch to add to the video.
Lovely work, now a nice bodgers shave horse will make it much easier to accomplish good results, not to mention being a quite relaxed way to work the wood - the old bodgers knew how to minimise their effort for the greatest return.
Max, it doesn’t matter to your dad being two years late, all that matters is that his son made it, it means the world to him. Take care.. Peter..
Lovely gift, Great to watch you work
I particularly like the last couple of minutes, when the fruits of your labour are being fully appreciated.
Great job! It takes a bit of practice to use one of those. You had it doing good work fast. Thanks for an excellent presentation.
Nice piece of work Max
You could always brand the round end of the handles with your M! Very interesting and great to see it in action!
Or the copper collar.
Brilliant
Great stuff mate 👍
Great to see some blacksmithing again. I actually starting watching your channel when the off-grid stuff popped up in suggested videos, quite a long time ago now. But always enjoy watching the latest on any and all your projects. The only times I've used a draw knife, has been to remove bark from felled trees for round wood timber construction. I always end up wanting whatever you have made. Proper lifetime tools you can pass on to family.
Good work and entertaining content. The Rose arch I think was four years late and now the draw knife two years late. Don't over do it Max.
Great and entertaining as always, I made a drawknife from an old Land Rover spring a while back and have used it quite a lot and it has kept its edge. As I dont have access to a forge, the spring material is quite tough without any heat treatment and very useful for making tools bladed or otherwise. So dont throw the springs in the skip when they are worn out.
I have a Kukri made from a Land Rover spring, keeps an excellent edge.
Good to know that Land Rover springs are good for something.
Always a pleasure to watch a real craftsman at work, the best gifts are definitely ones which you have made yourself. I spent a bit of time in the forge last year- my first foray into blacksmithing work of any kind but under guidance I produced some quite acceptable tail lamp brackets for a veteran car. It struck me that it is clearly a very deep subject and a fascinating one at that- watching you at work is very helpful Max, you're a good teacher!
Top vid great skills!
Great work Max. Your Dad looked so proud of you! He should be, you are quite the great guy. Thanks for another great production. Video and sound were great.
What would the world be, without people like this, perhaps nothing at all. Everyone cant walk around with briefcases in polished shoes. Great job. Planing to do one my self, but a little smaller, for shaping guitarnecks. I will do my very best. Thanks for the video.
All the ones I've used have the handles riveted on, using a countersunk washer at the end of the handle, and the tang peened over.
Wonderful video as always by an incredibly talented man.
I was just going to comment "Brilliant" but then saw the last scene, now I'm struggling to type anything. You made that for all those men who miss their fathers.
Very impressed with that Max, a bloody good job! One thing that wasn't apparent in the illustration in the book is that usually on the draw knives I have seen is that the handles are not flat inline with the blade. They usually tip up at about 5-10 degrees. It would seem that it makes them easier to work with. But fair play to you, if you've never seen one let alone used one before it's a brilliant job mate. Your dad seemed over the moon about it! Made me think of my dad , sadly lost him 38 years ago. So cherish yours Max.
Thank you for another excellent video, Max. That last scene, where you handed it over, made this old man quite emotional..... My dad died 38 years ago, but I still have some of his hand tools and I think of him if ever I use them. It's a shame I didn't inherit his skills to go along with them...
I love this!! Well done Maxi!!! Your a gentleman and a son that a father wishes there son’s grow up to be like! Even if it is 2 years later 🤣👍🏻
A video from you can make any day substantially better!
What a fantastic gift. I loved the hug you had at the end, it made me smile and think of my dad, you hug like we do... fast, followed up with a few pats and a touch of awkwardness. Thank you for sharing.
Of all your videos, it's the toolmaking ones I like the most!
Obviously, you've excelled again.
Does your Dad have a shaving horse yet? I reckon he's going to need one! ;)
Yes, he has at least a couple!
I've recently been watching Damascus style forging... Quite an art...
36 minutes worth of pleasure, Many thanks Max.
Loved this Max. I do really enjoy all your content - but this is really special.
I like the format of your videos - no fluff, just get on with it, with plenty of useful insights on what you're doing and why, in a fantastic workshop.
Happy Birthday to IronThumper senior. Your Dad must be a very proud man.....
Awesome as ever 😎
I’d still like to commission a bush knife from you - if you get round to them again !
Cracking job! Thank you for including your Dads reaction at the end 👍👍
Great ending. All that hard work paid off. Thanks for showing us your great skills. (Again). Nice to see you and your old man in the work shop admiring your result.👍👍
I have the same book. Very useful. I also have the books by Alexander G. Weygers
Happy Birthday to IronThumper senior.
Very Interesting MT . The end product looks great . Any chance of seeing Dad using it ?
Max my first Maximus video and loved it. So refreshingly honest in the work performed on the draw knife. The thought process, course corrections made along the journey. I love your shop crowded and cozy. So inviting to start another project. Keep making the great videos while I catch up on your existing videos. Thank you, Irish Mike.
Your skills are a real treat to see, admire and envy!
Looking forward to seeing your future videos
Mark Yorkshire 👍
Such a lovely gift. Thank you for sharing it.
As you say on that side of the Pond, a “bespoke” gift! What a beautiful gift and for the best person worthy of such a gift, your Dad! Good on you.
The remains of the rasp teeth make a really nice decorative texture.
When you forget to stamp before you harden, could you not use a little grinder to grind an "M" into stuff?
I could (or engrave it, or brand it), but like I said to my dad at the end, he's not going to forget who made it!
We loved this one Max, you have so many skills and your videos ate always super interesting.
Lovely to see how happy your dad was with this, he must be very proud of you.
Thanks for sharing.
Grandpa always kept his wrapped in an old shirt. I do the same
Wonderful stuff! You are a craftsman.
Wonderfull! Realy enjoyed that video, I have a forge like yours which is so useful and faster than firing up the coke one, but the coke will do stuff that the propane won't!
Phil
Nice work Max. Love that you can still see its origins in the top surface.
Very lovely job it will last for years and a lovely present for dad happy birthday whenever it was and plenty of them.
Ahh daddy was so proud of his sons work , he gave u the hug , it’s the well done my son hug
Great work and good luck
"...that was a bit of a side-quest" 😂
Hi Max you are a true craftsman watched every minute with great interest in all the work you put into the draw knife
Fantastic Kev Mand Devon
Very nice job 👍. I have a copies of that book and a draw knife with odd handles that I have always meant to replace. You have inspired me.
Really got a lot from you talking through your thinking and processes. Tky.
What a wonderful present and amazing skill.👍🏻👌🏻
On my draw knives, the "tails" go all the way through the handles. A small washer is placed over that bit of "tail" and then the tail is peened or riveted over so the handle can't come off. ----They came to me that way, I haven't made any myself.
Great job that you did there. And excellent dialogue, too.
Awesome, what a fantastic gift. Nice one Max!
Absolutely brilliant 👍 your dad looked very happy with it.
Отличная работа! 👏👏👏Жаль что я далеко, а то бы заказал пару инструментов!
Max, two years late. Beautiful present. You could've burnt your moniker in the handle ends. 👍
Thoroughly enjoyable watching thank you
Pretty cool Max. You are a Jack of all trades. Your dad seemed very happy with that. Love your channel. Real content for real people.
13'03": have to slightly disagree, Max - you're making a tool which is both a joy to handle AND a pleasure to look at. Artistry comes with this level of artisanship. A true labour of love, mate - and it can't be faked. Thank you for sharing.
I spy something beginning with 'T'! Currently rebuilding mine after my recent misadventures. Very nice drawknife by the way 🙂
Fantastic build, thanks for sharing. Touching moment right at the end, you and your dad have the same "Brilliant"!
Personally I'd prefer a shallower grind on the edge, and not quite so much width on the blade ... you'll also find it much easier to use if you build yourself a shave horse.
It should be about 22-25 degrees
Brilliant job Max I had one left by my grandad I thought they were called spoke shaves 👍
Nice job sir ... but you have to stop leaving your parents waiting 😅
Max,
First video of yours I've watched. That is a gift your father will cherish for his entire life. Thank you for taking the time to film, make, edit and post this video. Liked and subscribed.
I've got an 18 wheeler bearing to make a draw knife with. No forge, but I've got 5 anvils to chose from to create it on. Your Dad will be pleased with whatever you make by hand.
It’s a shame your book didn’t show a side view, because a drawknife normally has the handles offset from the plane of the blade by about 35°. Still a useable tool, though.
Burn the M in the back of the wooden handles. Awesome smithing.
How cool I have that same book 😊
Another great creation and made for your dad..
just a tip to stop your lathe live center splitting the wood, place a small washer on the point of the live center, the spike will only poke out a little and go in a little way into the wood then the washer pushes the wood tight against the drive side with no splitting.
it looked great finished and your dad seemed to be very happy with it and that his son made it👍
Great video, handmade gifts are always the best. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Excellent labour of love and worth so much more for being handmade ...
That is now an Heirloom Tool!
One to be passed from father to son. ......... but not just yet ;o)
Got to say that is an excellent repurposing of a used up tool!
Talking of repurposing old leaf springs work well for this too.
Anyway Thanks for letting us see the journey (last minute = just in time so you are in tune with modern supply standards).
Normally in Drawknives the tang goes through the handle with a washer riveted over. But I guess the epoxy will last quite well. I really liked the show!
I wonder if you ever watched Jack Hargreaves TV programs such as Out of Town, Old Country and Country Boy, they was what got my brain cells fired up as a kid, showing my age now lol
Electrical or acid etch would be cool for future tools. Your Father knows the love and hard work you put into that draw knife. Seeing you and your Pa reminded me how much I need to spend time with my Dad. He's really difficult, but he's on borrowed time.
Nice job and much enjoyed, those draw knives do work well in moving much wood when its required.
What a great video, really enjoyed that and a wonderful gift for your Dad. Thanks for sharing with us.
Very good job I really enjoyed watching you I hope you make some more stuff so I can watch keep up the good work God bless
Beautiful tool you made there. It’s nice to see what could have been disregarded as scrap re manufactured into something useful again that was so well appreciated by its recipient. Keep on keeping on dude!
Great Video Max!
The best gifts are made with hands and love.
I don't think a tool would be designed like that these days.
There's the probability of impaling one's self should the blade get stuck on a knot and suddenly break free.
The ending to that video was heart warming 🙏
Crackin' job fella, you're one of those handy people.
That hilarious mate so glad I watched till the end you and your dad are like a couple of clones even sound the same! Great video. I've got one of those draw knives never really considered its propper function, only time ive used it was when I was trying to tan skins I used it to get the left over fleshy bits off after salting obviously not very sharp! Where are you based? Do you do any day course type things?
Making something for your Dad's birthday, it don't come a lot better than that Max.
Some things have much more "value" than we can imagine. Good work and a very well produced video... Some of the things we have learnt like burning on a handle or addressing an off hand grinder to sharpen a twist drill, the things that you and I do without thought have really impressed folk I have worked with and for over the years. A Happy and prosperous Year my friend... Bob (Weston super Mare)
Nice work there, and save the oak shavings, they're good for smoking meats & cheese... :D
Nice work. Thank you for taking the time to explain in detail as you went along.
I thought you had one of those electric etching tools (or am I thinking of someone else) where you use a templet and a solution of some sort 🤔
Any ways I think his next present needs to be one of them sit on bench vice things (shave horse???)
Keep up the great work!
I've still got the black and decker drill on the front of that book. The chick is seized onto a plaster mixing paddle and it still gets regular use
That's was fantastic, top skills there sir! Is there a limit on how many times you can manipulate steel in a furnace? In other words can you make that into something else in the future?
Love that hug at the end ❤
Well 1 st time you picked that up pretty quick ie good workman good tool.
I use boiled linseed oil on faded plastic bumpers and trims, brings it up like new. Love the draw knife, top draw!
I've had good results electro etching logos into blades. And the advantage is, it dosen't care about the hardness.
Wow, you are an absolute legend! What and wonderful gift.