Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2008.004.191 |
Object Name |
Drawknife |
Title |
Open Scorper |
Lexicon category |
4: T&E For Materials |
Date |
19th-century |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Sharply curved tool, called a "woodman's shave draw knife". The beveled metal blade faces downwards, opposite the wooden handles. |
Provenance |
Unknown. Dates to the 19th-century. It was found in Southern Ontario. It was last owned by Orme and Dorene Kilburn of Stratford, Ontario, who collected vintage farm items. |
Collection |
Woodworking Tools and Equipment |
Material |
Wood/Metal |
Found |
Ontario |
Function |
Cooper's round shave drawing knives are used by coopers for reaching down inside a cask to level the joints between staves, particularly when the drain is too variable for a stoup plane or inside shave to be used, and also for cleaning hte inside of a cask if it becomes foul. They are also in common use for erasing brands, marks, and painted letters from casks and boxes. |