Frank DeKelver's draw knife

1991.98.4

A drawing knife with a fourteen inch slightly curved blade and two slightly turned down wood handles. Draw knives are used to shape wood by removing shavings. The knife is drawn toward the user. The narrow blade assists in creating concave or convex curves. It is possible this tool was used in the building of the F. J. DeKelver's Exchange Hotel in the village of Pike.

W-23 D-5 inches

Ohio Tool Company, Auburn, N.Y. and Columbus, OH.

DeKelver, Frank

Drawknife work using a large drawing knife like this one was often done on a "shaving horse" which held the piece of wood in place.

Drawknives