How to Sharpen a Draw Knife | Hand Tool Wood Working Skill
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- How to sharpen a draw knife. the drawknife is a very old tool that is a ton of fun to play with. the draw knife is easier to sharpen then it looks it just takes a bit of time understanding. just like any other sharp tool where two faces of metal meet. just grind down one face to meet the other.
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Simple, to the point, and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Thanks James.
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Well said man!
Thanks. My father in law died a few years ago of cancer due most likely of agent orange. He served. He gave his all. I only knew him for two years but he was a man and father that I could only wish I was. This day hits me hard in memory of him. And to make things worse, his name was James. James Lambert. Just knowing him for the short time that I did and hearing the stories from his family pleasingly makes me hold him in high regard and myself in debt to him. So thank you Mr. Wright for allowing me this opportunity to share him with you and so many others.
Thank you very much Sir.🎉🎉
I too was using my drawknife yesterday and realized it needed a proper sharpening. I’m glad I sharpened my chisels instead yesterday because now I understand a better way to sharpen my drawknife. Thank you!
thanks Chris. glad I could help!
Awesome. I just inherited a draw knife and this helped me out loads (it's nice when the in-laws like you). Thanks for the tips.
+The Z-Family so true. Got to love old family tools.
Thank you Sir.
Greetings from Durban South Africa.
I've been wanting to buy a draw knife but I didn't really know how to go about sharpening one and as always you show how simple it is. Thank you for the great videos.
thanks Holly.
Can you reccomend where I can purchase a good middle priced draw knife?
Go for the high ground.
It’s over, Anakin! I have the high ground.
Thanks for the video. Went out & gave a quick sharpening on mine. Tried it on a piece of mountain mohogany, nice curly shavings.
+Ken DeHaas thanks Ken. It is such a fun tool!
Thank you for the information
Great demo James thanks for sharing.
thanks Opa!
Thanks for the info James! 👍👊
thanks again Fred!
Thank you mr. Great information.
my pleasure. thanks for watching!
Thanks James. I have been having trouble getting a razor edge on mine. I will definitely be using my diamond stones on it instead of sand paper glued on a piece of wood and just practice til I get it right.
thanks Brad! diamonds do cut faster and just make it easier in my book.
Thanks for all the videos. As for the strop I glued a piece of leather to a 16” or so flattened 2x4 that I could clamp in the vice vertically to make it easier. It also works well for stropping axes just clamp the axe in the vice and have at it
nice. I know a few people that do that but put it in the shave horse so they can sharpen when at the horse.
Very cool. I just bought an old draw knife that needs sharpening. Thx for the tips. 👍
+The Muz Shop my pleasure. Don't have too much fun with it. It is easy to get adictided.
Great video!
You get a like because of the awesome Dad joke at the start.
Thank you for the video, I was definitely overthinking it
my pleasure.
Thanks for sharing that
my pleasure!
That is a very beautiful draw knife James. Looks like an oldy for sure...cheers...rr
thanks Richard. it was given to me by my wife's grandfather. and he used it for chair making years ago.
I bought a draw knife - not sure when I will use it - - Chop with Chris is the man -
love his channel. once you use it a few times it quickly becomes a favorite!
Would’ve been nice in the beginning to tell us what those blocks were, for people who haven’t seen your channel such as myself.
Sexual feedback. That may have been a good thing to add. Sometimes when I add a lot of the basic information people get mad about talking too much. And then there's other people who just don't get the information they need because I left it out. It's always fun to strike that balance. Thanks for the feedback though.
my daughter found one in my brothers garage, that draw knife is a fun tool to use,
+adams small engine garage you bet it is .
Awesome timing, I was just about to sharpen mine!
thanks man. and congrats on being first again!
I have a couple very large draw knifes I purchased at antique store on Cape Cod. Bought them for Scandinavian Scribe Log building school I went to in Isabella, MN. Tools were used by boat builders on Cape/Islands in 1800’s. Currently draw knifing bark from red pine logs I’m using to build Scandinavian Scribe log dog house. We’ll see how that goes, been a while since last time Itook class.
Sounds like a lot of fun. I love a tool with history.
@@WoodByWright I also have some very old broad axes in great shape. Would love to know who, where and what they were used for.
@@WoodByWright where do i get one of the sets of for lack of better word the filing kit you have? Thank you
Was at an antique store today & purchases a Draw Knife that looks exactly like yours! I also picked up several other cool items but, the most interesting is a wood & leather sharpening strop. it has a turned, wood handle, & a block of wood with a piece of leather that wraps up & around it with a wing nut style screw that secures it on the upper end. Hard to explain however, I looked at leather stop's on you tube & I have not found one like it!!! It needs the leather conditioned, or replaced! IT IS COOL! I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS DRAW KNIFE! They had a spoke shave that I really wanted the last time that I was there but, It wasn't there today-bummer!
Nice. I love those tool hunts!
I like that thanks james
my pleasure. thanks Chris!
It’s like you read my mind, I’ve been looking up on how to sharpen one, now that I have one 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
sweet! I love reading peoples minds from a distance. but man you need to clean yours out. LOL
Wood By Wright I really need to get a notebook to organize all them ideas 💡
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Awesome video, short and to the point! I bought my first drawknife on Amazon about a year ago for making bows. I haven't had a chance to use it much until recently. The one I bought didn't come sharp at all so I attempted to sharpen it and didn't get it much sharper. I've now spent the last two days trying to sharpen it again and have gotten it a little sharper, but I'm struggling to get a good sharp edge on it and I can't figure out why. It was a little bit cheaper so could it just be the quality of the blade itself not wanting to take an edge, much like a cheap pocket knife? It will almost kind of cut paper but definitely won't shave any hair and I'm finding it difficult to use because it's ripping wood off more than it's shaving wood off. Thanks in advance for any thoughts you may have.
Edit: I forgot to mention that in my efforts to sharpen my drawknife, I have never had a bur form on the back side of the blade. I don't know if this means anything or changes anything. Also, I have two stones, one at 400 grit and another at around 1,000.
awesome #11. I wanted to go into the word play of draw knife vs drawn knife, or knife drawn, or knife draw.... but then I thought there is only one word...... Rolodex! You have a great sense of humor to go with your wood working skill.. Keep it up.
LOL thanks bill. I will try to keep it coming!
Bill Hart awesome!
I was wondering how you would sharpen one of those! Thanks.
there you go! thanks!
BEST INTRO EVER!!!
LOL thought you would like it Frank!
You had me at drawn knife
Excellent video, very informative. Would you be so kind as to tell me the brand/model and grit of your stones? Thanks!
thanks man. here you go. I use the Course. Fine and Extra fine for mine. amzn.to/2zLUQTX
Wood By Wright thanks!
I'm not criticizing, I'm curious. Some Japanese Knives (Unagisaki, Yanagiba or Yanagi, Usuba, etc) and many other single bevel knives are sharpened on the back (flat side only), Have we lost touch with staying in stride with those drawknives that have a hollow grind on the back of the blade (non-bevel side). Does it vary from knife design to another ? are some designed to be used bevel-up, vs, bevel-down ? Does a chicken really hear the tree fall in the forest when nobody else is there ? Thanks for the video, very informative.
Oddly enough, that's one of those things that really is just a personal preference. Everyone likes to do it differently and you can do it. However you want to do it. With a draw knife. You can use it bevel up or bevel down some of them just feel better one way or the other. Even when it comes to some of the Japanese knives, we will still find some who sharpen the bevel side. Even there, it's just a preference. Though. Some traditions will say one way or the other is the "right" way. Even Japanese woodworking isn't a monolith of tradition. There are a whole collection of traditions that do it in slightly different ways.
@@WoodByWright Thank you for the feedback.
Do you have any problems rolling the edges using the leather that aggressively?
I have never had that problem. I don't do it long enough to take off that much material just a few strokes in every spot along the blade.
Is that a PEXTO Drawknife?
I recently juat found one at my local antique pavilion and ended up taking it home with me.
It's stamped "PEXTO USA" and looks pretty much identical to yours.
This one is a bit older than Pexto. There were a lot of them made that had almost the exact same shape and style.
@@WoodByWright Right on!
Thank you for the reply!
Dig it!
thanks Scott!
It may already be in the comments somewhere, but what kind of stones are you using, and where can I get them?
Here is a video with links to them, sorry I am out or I would send them direct. ua-cam.com/video/VDqgVUeCDmc/v-deo.html
Thank you. What if you dont have any of these items? Just a two sided sharpening stone, will that work? The one with rough gritty metal type 1 side more rough , the other a finer grit
Yep. That'll work exactly the same. As long as the stone is any good just treated the exact same as what I showed here
Love the video. An idea for the next project after you finish the lathe, how about a shaving horse. My son got to use one on a field trip and loved it...I have actually thought one making one. Another idea for a short video is on how to buy a used draw knife.
Douglas Jolliff Yes, a shaving horse would be great!
Or a shaving pony
theduck, I have never heard of that, but I just looked it up, and you may have a better option for a small shop
A shaving pony is high on my list. though I have thought of building an outdoors shop where I can keep the Lathe and shaving pony. that would make for several fun videos!
Very cool!! I'd really like to use one of those sometime. :)
Is it really that fast to sharpen it? All of my sharpening efforts to date have been very slow and yielded less than desired results. :(
it normally takes 10-15 minutes your first time if the blade is just normal use dull. if it is really dull it may take 20+ to work it down to a keen edge. but with practice, a sharpening should only take 1-2 minutes tops.
"This should be misspelled" and Drawn-knife, LOL let the "DAD-jokes" continue, as a dad, I love that sense of humor you've got going there.
LOL you misses an "S" in Missspelled! thanks man! glad someone saw it!
Quels sont les grains utilisés sur vos couteaux? Fin moyen etc ...Ca correspond je suppose à un grain spécifique?
Merci pour votre partage
Vous pouvez voir les pierres que j'utilise ici. J'espère que cela répond à votre question.
You can see the stones I use here. i hope that answers your question. www.woodbywright.com/tool-suggestions/sharpening
I like how wide that your sharpening stones are! Where did you get them? I just got a draw knife today that looks just like yours & I need a way to keep it sharp! I only have two knife sharpening stones which are double sided. That's the only sharpening stones that I own, for now at least....
those will work just make sure to not let the iron dig into those stones. here are the Diamond Plates I use - amzn.to/2oppz0J (I use Extra coarse, Medium-fine, and Extra Fine)
@@WoodByWright do you have a product number for the Medium? I am having trouble finding them.
Be truthful now.. Melody drew the knife..... AND as a student of Paul, you should know that it is relaxed muscle. I guess I should sharpen my Draw knife as my work looks more like kindling for the fire by the time I finish. ;0 Thanks James
LOL how did you knew she drew the knife? thanks Peter!
It looked too good for your work ;0 :)
James, what size blade drawknife would you recommend for smoothing down split lumber cut from smaller logs that yield 8-10” wide?
something around 6-8" would be about prefect to me.
@@WoodByWright What about straight Vs curved?
That's just a personal preference.
@@WoodByWright Hey James, so I just bought a brand new 8” Narex curved draw knife. The back isn’t totally flat but looked like they intentionally put a slight camber or angle near the cutting edge. Is that normal? With a reputable company like Narex, they must have a reason for doing that I would think. Should I just follow that slight camber on the back when honing then like you did in this video?
What stones are those your using?
They are DMT diamond plates. Here's a link to the page where I list them all.www.woodbywright.com/tool-suggestions/sharpening
You must be reading my mind. I just receive a very old draw knife from a dear friend and need to sharpen it. Thanks.
I am David sorry. and on a side note, you really should clean it out. LOL
great instruction, thank you. Can you guys buy rotary planes across in the states?? Rich
thanks Rich. yes, but they are more commonly made then purchased, that might be a good video some time!
I peel logs for a living and use a belt sander then I finish it off with a bastard flat file. Works great and fast.
Wot stones are thay
DMT first, fine, extra fine. Are the exact ones if you want to see the links. www.woodbywright.com/tool-suggestions/sharpening
Hey James, nice video! If I may make a suggestion, though: if you turned the cutting edge to your left, away from the hand holding the stone, I think this would be much safer. The way you do it, you might cut the knuckles or the thumb of your right hand quite badly. There's a video of Brian Boggs showing that technique: ua-cam.com/video/7lVMcFjoOL4/v-deo.html
true. it is just the way I learned and have more control there. I like his method with sharpening at the shave horse. kills two birds with one stone. but the shave horse for this shop is still on the build list.
The man knows what is doing, i can tell by the first move, those bald heads are sons of a guns, just letting you know. Buy suggestions are never extra, always handy.
Where did you get your plate set and holder?
Here you go. ua-cam.com/video/VDqgVUeCDmc/v-deo.html
@@WoodByWright
Thank you for this. Where did you purchase your stones and what brand?
*pulls out knife*
This is my draw knife.
I do not condone violence.
What do you call those thin sharpening stones???
The diamond plates? Those are from DMT amzn.to/49O1h44 I use corse. Fine. And extra fine.
@@WoodByWright WOW...a 6 year old video and you got back to me within the hour!!! THANK YOU so much!!!
I can see the Band-Aids in use already......
But can you draw a draw knife being drawn?
I will have to ask my daughter for that one!
Nice !!!!
A drawn knife............HA !!!!
thaks!
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Eleven, ha ha ha.
LOL thanks. but 14 just came out.
I don't like sharpening draw knives. I also have a scorp and it really sucks to try to sharpen. A scorp is like a draw knife that someone beat around the horn of an anvil into a U shape. I've heard scorps are supposed to be used to carve ass cheek prints into chair seats. Yeah good luck with that.
oh those are a lot of fun to sharpen! LOL
@@WoodByWright stop by someday and have a blast.
You should have the stone (and your hand) facing away from the blade. Unless you don't like your fingers. In short, flip the draw knife.
how to take fingers off
When you flattened the back you will have created a burr on the far side again. You didn't remove this burr by rehiiting the first side with a fine grit and then strop, and the tool looks to be cutting dull. If you had slowed down a bit and done it properly it could be razor sharp and cut effortlessly. You're rushing everything and it shows. Slow down Bro, if you want to do things well, take it easy. I've been fine woodworking for over 3 decades now, and I know patience is the key. Wishing you well.