Perhaps somebody on the list could help
me with identifying two strange (to me, anyhow) woodworking tools. Both are
basically like drawknives, in that they have a crosspiece with a handle at
each end and are obviously to be drawn toward the user. However, instead of a
straight blade, one has a crosspiece that curves downward at the center into a
V shape. At the bottom of the V, it turns 90 degrees back toward the user and
ends in a chisel blade, beveled and about 7/8 inch wide. It looks as though it
was meant to put a groove in something, but what? The other looks more like a
drawknife, except that there are only short sections of sharpened blade on
either end with a large inverted U shape extending perpendicularly between
them, not sharpened. The two blades are on a flat plane between the user’s
hands, but seen from above they angle slightly away from the user toward the
center and the sharpened edges are slightly curved. Does this sound familiar
to anyone?
If you’re all baffled by my attempts at
description, I could send photos.
Many
thanks,
Anne
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