Hollow Iron for carving.

[Hedgehog]

Fascinating stuff.

Nice link too.

 

[Wayland]

Snip> Top left and second row left are called "holkjärn" in Swedish <Snip

That's made searching a bit easier.

 

[Tor helge]

Item 198939 is not a woodworking tool at all, but rather a kitchen tool.
It is "grytskrapa". A cooking pot "scraper".

Tor

 

[Wayland]

That makes sense, do you reckon 216610 could be the same?

 

[Tor helge]

A quick search shows that it is also a item for "cleaning" pots.

Tor

 

[hog]

Very interesting woodworking tools, bet thet move a lot of wood.

 

[launditch1]

Interesting tool.Ive seen and own something similar called a 'peg knife'.It was used to trim the tops of tiny wooden pegs used in the heels of handmade shoes.Er, im not even going to attempt to explain what that involves!

It looks almost exactly the same as the tool in your pics numbered 198933 except mine has a tuned beech handle with a brass collar..Peg knives are mentioned in Salaman's book on leatherworking tools.

 

[Wayland]

Just a quick update to this thread.

Dave Budd made me a very nice blade which I stuck into a bit of antler to produce this fellow.

I finally got to have a play with it at the weekend and am very impressed with it as a tool.

Shame I'm not that good a woodworker...

 

[TomBartlett]

Well it certainly managed to make a dent in that piece of wood there. What would be the advantage of this tool over a regular spoon knife?

 

[Gailainne]

Gary, have you tried it using the cord as a pivot point?

 

[Wayland]

Tom, I'm not the best person to ask as I'm not much cop with either but it seems to make a smoother, wider radius cut than my spoon knife does.

Steven, I was relying on my rather faulty memory and only tried attaching it to my belt, which was hopeless. When I got home and looked at the picture again I felt like a right berk.

 

[Caboose]

Now that is what I call a spoon-knife!

I know at least someone else thought of this ;P

 

[Stanleythecat]

I know Sean Hellman sometimes comments on this site. I met him at a woodfair a couple of years ago and he suggested as also Robin confirms the lanyard was used to create a pivot and gain extra leverage. I recall (but sleep deprivation might have blurred the truth!) that Sean suggested them for clog making another cloudy memory is that there was some French link too...

Leo

 

[FGYT]

I know at least someone else thought of this ;P

yes ts been my Sig line for a while

 

[Stew]

An old video that shows the strap pivot:

[video=youtube;iWXmTpVQRSM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXmTpVQRSM[/video]

With the hollowing iron, I actually tried making one years and years ago - found a pottery tool that looks the same but the bevel was on the inside. I tried to put a bevel on the outside but made a rubbish job of it and the metal quality was rubbish.

 

[Whittler Kev]

Nice find

 

[Stew]

Notice how long the handle is. Great lever! It was always something I planned to replicate after seeing it but haven't got round to it yet.

 

[Retired Member southey]

am I right in seeing the blade is canted back slightly?

 

[shaggystu]

am I right in seeing the blade is canted back slightly?

iirc the blade is seated pretty square on to the handle, but the handle has a very definate "kink" to it which, in effect, means that the blade is canted back slightly. it's a great tool to use, even if we couldn't quite make a decision as to how best utilise the strap

stuart

 

[shaggystu]

An old video that shows the strap pivot:

[video=youtube;iWXmTpVQRSM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWXmTpVQRSM[/video]

With the hollowing iron, I actually tried making one years and years ago - found a pottery tool that looks the same but the bevel was on the inside. I tried to put a bevel on the outside but made a rubbish job of it and the metal quality was rubbish.

that's interesting, lest weekend we tried out quite a few different ideas for the best way to use the strap (with varying results), i don't think anyone tried the method in the video though, it looks pretty effective