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Using crooked knives [0] for woodcarving. They're essentially a combination of a plane, spoke-shave, draw-knife and gouge but all in a one handed tool. They we
by alexpotato 7mo ago
Using crooked knives [0] for woodcarving.
They're essentially a combination of a plane, spoke-shave, draw-knife and gouge but all in a one handed tool. They were primarily used by Native Americans to build things like canoes, snowshoes, baskets etc. I first found about them from reading John McPhee's Survival of the Bark Canoe [1] but there are lots of uses of them on video on the website below (which I created).
If you want to get into woodworking but want only a few tools and/or a very portable tool, highly recommend.
e.g. in theory you could build an entire canoe with an axe, crooked knife and 3 or 4 sided awl (and a lot of time, patience and materials)
0 - https://crookedknives.com/ https://crookedknives.com/
1 - https://amzn.to/3NSj4T3 https://amzn.to/3NSj4T3
- JKCalhoun 7mo agoThat's pretty niche!
- araes 7mo agoAlmost a literal "niche" hobby. Canoe - something that resembles a recess in a wall.
- alexpotato 7mo agoI try to give the people what they ask for.
- avipars 7mo agoalso an amazon affiliate? aphackernews-20