51/51

DEACCESSIONED. Please note that this object no longer forms part of the Museum of English Rural Life collection and cannot be accessed at our institution. A drawknife, also known as a ‘draw shave’ or a ‘draft shave’, is used for shaving thin layers of wood in trades such as coopering, wheelwrighting and carpentry. The knife is usually used with a shaving horse, where the wood is gripped by a bar, and the worker draws the knife towards him with both hands. This drawknife, made by Brades & Co. is pattern 2289 and has a 13 inch steel blade and wooden handle.

deaccessioned

MERL list / description [Massingham Collection, October 1989] – 'ACC. NO.: 51/51 // NAME: DRAWKNIFE // NEG NO.: 35/35 // STORAGE: Lost while on loan.', The recorded usages of a drawknife include shaving of ladder rungs, wheel spokes, tool handles, barrel hoops and wood for trug baskets.