draw-knife

Updated: May 29, 2025

"Sposum you no want boat-hook, me make draw-knife of him. He steel, I s'pose." "Yes, Peter. The spike is very fine steel, I believe, as I told the blacksmith I wanted it light and sharp. If you want it you can have it; that is, if you feel sure you can make a knife." "Mos' all Ingin make own knife. You never see Ingin knife in store.

Charles Winslow Hall - Adrift in the Ice-Fields

Quince trees are very apt to have rough bark, and to be bark-bound; in these cases it will be necessary to shave off the rough bark with a draw-knife, and to scarify them when bark-bound, brushing them over with the composition.

Mary Eaton - The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families