Museum of appalachia norris tenn

[Patchouli]

Thought we had a thread about old tools but I can't find it so will try here. Lookey what I got today Needs a little tune up but over all, I'm stoked.
Yeah, I'm not one of those gals who wants 100 pair of heels, I like the guud stuff
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I remember my dad had at least one of these, amongst other old tools. They seemed old then, 1970s, maybe he used them to build the house which was early 50s.
@Magpie that is so beautiful (Deals Gap). Hey @Heartbroken have you ever been there? https://www.dealsgap.com/

 

[Caribou]

We had a few draw knives around the boathouse. They were a must have for replacing wooden planks and decks. The planks weren't square, they had a constantly changing compound angle to allow proper spacing for the corking. If I run across one of the corking chisel or corking hammers I'm going to grab it. Most of that stuff has grown legs over the years.

 

[Neb]

That's interesting because he had another one he figured had been "altered." I said I bet they had it hooked on something so they could pull from the one side. See what you think. If any insight, he'd love to know. It appears to have hammer marks so he likes it - and for its ability to make one wonder.
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That looks like a hack.

Funny the blade was sharpened over half of the edge only. Has a nasty ding in the center.

So guessing...

The funky end is hooked under a fixed point. One hand holds something that will be split or chopped will the other hand does the work.

Google Lens thinks it is a draw knife.

Ben

 

[Heartbroken]

Hey Patch, no I haven't - it's on my bucket list to ride the Dragon some day, but at my age and with my hermit tendencies it'll probably never happen. But I've seen it vicariously through the motorcycle youtubers I follow, and it looks beautiful.
Ben I was thinking that too, that the knife had been altered for a different use, like maybe pivoting from a hook to shave kindling off a larger chunk of wood, or something like that.

 

[Bacpacker]

Hey Patch, no I haven't - it's on my bucket list to ride the Dragon some day, but at my age and with my hermit tendencies it'll probably never happen. But I've seen it vicariously through the motorcycle youtubers I follow, and it looks beautiful.
Ben I was thinking that too, that the knife had been altered for a different use, like maybe pivoting from a hook to shave kindling off a larger chunk of wood, or something like that.

The dragon can be riding very fast...if your really good and the bike is properly set up for it. Lots of folks have died trying that too. But thousands of folks ride it every year with no incidents. Just take your time.
We go thru there from time to time heading into the mountains. Less than an hour from the house. It's an awesome place

 

[LadyLocust]

Have a question that kinda goes with this thread. I recently got a draw knife (posted a pix somewhere) and am itchin’ to give it a go. Have any of you used a brake - the wooden kind that you sit on to use the draw?

 

[Bacpacker]

Have a question that kinda goes with this thread. I recently got a draw knife (posted a pix somewhere) and am itchin’ to give it a go. Have any of you used a brake - the wooden kind that you sit on to use the draw?

Are you referring to a shave horse?

 

[LadyLocust]

Are you referring to a shave horse?

Yes, exactly! I must be getting tired. I kept trying to type saw horse, which I know what those are too and not those but couldn’t get the right word. So thank you.
PS so have you ever used one?

 

[Bacpacker]

I don;t have one. But I do want to make one

 

[LadyLocust]

I don;t have one. But I do want to make one

I now want one but don’t have room for one. I’m gonna need a good sized barn here one of these days

 

[Bacpacker]

Good size barn is always a plus

 

[Alaskajohn]

I wish I would have known about that museum when I was living in that area for a short period of time. I could spend day there. Cool website too.

 

[LadyLocust]

So I shared a pix of my draw knife. The fros I’ve seen only have 1 handle and were for making things like wood shingles. So what would this one be and its use?

 

[Neb]

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[LadyLocust]

I'm going to tuck this in this thread as it goes so well with it.
22 min. video - the skill of some of these old folks still amazes me.

 

[Patchouli]

@LadyLocust he's gonna retire when he's about a hunerd. I love this. He laughs. Saw the cat. Laughed. Seemed annoyed that he was bleeding. LOL
Did you see a ruler anywhere? Nope, me neither. What a craftsman. He'd make a chair in a day?

 

[Patchouli]

I remember some flooding in Kentucky, that's where your chair maker video is, a few years ago, @LadyLocust , it was so bad.
Strangest thing to me, when I was little I had an aunt and uncle lived in a little house in a town near the Potomac River. They didn't have a bathroom. Kept a little tin pot under the bed. Eventually they remodeled. Another relative down near Roanoke lived in a pretty farm house. No bathroom. Same thing, a tin pot under the bed.
Some of these areas have festivals or workshops for city folk to come in and learn how to make furniture, brooms, the wool thing, all the old tyme stuff.
Thing is, the old people that knew how to do this would teach it for free while the "historians" are gonna charge ya a bunch of money for it!

 

[Bluetick21]

Well me and the family finally made it up to this place today. Very cool too see. If ya get a chance to go it’s well worth it!

 

[Bacpacker]

It is a nice place to spend the day.

 

[Peanut]

So I shared a pix of my draw knife. The fros I’ve seen only have 1 handle and were for making things like wood shingles. So what would this one be and its use?
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A Mezzaluna Knife, I have one for chopping a lot of herbs at once... for a few herbs I might use scissors. But if I have a pile to process a mezzaluna is handy. Pile them on a cutting board and rock the blade back and forth.

 

[LadyLocust]

A Mezzaluna Knife, I have one for chopping a lot of herbs at once... for a few herbs I might use scissors. But if I have a pile to process a mezzaluna is handy. Pile them on a cutting board and rock the blade back and forth.

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Thank you! I don’t think I’ve ever heard that term before, but I see how that could be handy.