Thanks my friend. There are lots of them laying all over the cedar thickets here in middle Tennessee. If you’re ever close hit me up. We will find you one to work on.
god day to you sir. i know that im one year late to this clip but i think it would be cool if you were to put like a shining fishing lure on top of that staff. big thanks for sharing
@T-jay Hardy: Just FYI, I'd rate my own hatchet skills at moderate to fair. I estimate that it would take me about twice as long to do that staff job with my hatchet as it would to use my drawknife. 😁😁😁
@T-jay Hardy: That would depend on your skill level with the hatchet. If you are just learning to use the hatchet this kind of project would be much more danger-prone than using the draw knife. If you are new to both tools the drawknife is much safer and faster. That is not to say that a beginner with the hatchet couldn't do it, but if he/she were observing proper safety, the hatchet approach would be much slower of necessity. An highly skilled hatchet user could probably do the job about as fast as a skilled drawknife user .😄
Here's a few tips on using your drawknife. 1. You don't always have to use it bevel up as you did. Bevel up cuts can cause you to make much deeper cuts than you want, so bevel up cuts are for roughing work. When you find your cuts are going deeper than you want or you wan to do finer work, 2. flip the blade over and use it bevel down. 3. In either case you can control depth of cut by changing the angle of the blade with respect to the wood. 4. by holding the edge at almost 90 degrees to the wood you can achieve an almost glassy finish. 5. And finally, true skill with this hand tool is like any other. You have to devote enough time in using it to acquire the "feel" of the response of the tool to the wood. By using these techniques you could have saved yourself the annoyance of trying to use a utility knife to do finishing work you could have done much faster with the drawknife. Oh and one more thing, when going bevel down you can "ride the bevel" that is have the face of the bevel touching or almost touching the wood as a reference for your cutting angle. Of course these hints only touch the surface of using this tool but if you continue to use it I think you can teach yourself much more about it's use, and if you are anything like me you will enjoy it. Best wishes on you hand tool using journey.🙂
Hi John Just a little tip , cut your bib slot at the same time you are cutting it out on the band saw . Because your bait is flat still & it is so much easier & will always be nice & square.Cheers from Australia
