Unknown..trying to find info

by Arnold
(NJ)

Hi,I am trying to find some info about this old tool.I am not sure if it is an antique..but its old I can say that much.As you see in the photo ,it has a long (over a foot) curved sharp..almost razor sharp blade,with handles on each end ,held in place by wingnuts.If anyone knows what this tool is called, I would appreciate the name for it.It looks like its for shaving wood to me..maybe rough wood.Thanks for any info to id it.I can be reached at soib45@gmail.com

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Apr 27, 2010
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Trimming tool for hourses hooves
by: Anonymous

I seem to remember seeing, as a child, such a tool used to trim a horse's hoof before reshoeing it.

Nov 29, 2008
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draw-knife
by: Anonymous

I wouldn't call it a spoke-shave unless it had a fixed blade like a plane. (I might be wrong on that, but that's what I would do...) I would call it an adjustable handle draw-knife. The adjustable handles and curved blade give more choice to the angle of the draw. My guess is that this kind of draw-knife would have been popular with oak barrel makers who would be working with green wood.

Sep 07, 2008
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Old Tool ?
by: Bill in Houston

Yes, it probably is an old tool, but it doesn't have to be. You can still buy a "spokeshave" in one of today's woodworking specialty shops. It is, as you say, for shaving wood by hand,usually to make it into posts, spindles or columns.

Bill,
Houston, TX