Marking Knives

[Benchwayze]

One option is to use one of the excellent blades that Ron Hock makes, as I did for one of mine.

Since I made this Ron released a narrower one. This type of knife is suitable for larger joinery, where a thin blade is not needed, such as marking our tenons for instance. It feels great to use and doesn't roll off the bench.

For dovetails I use a Blue Spruce small marking knife which is also excellent.

Cheers, Ed

Hi Ed,

I like that cutting/marking gauge you have in your avatar. Did you make that yourself? If not do you know where the rotating blade came from?
I can't make google or Yahoo understand what I mean and I don't want to cannibalise my paper trimmer!

Cheers

 

[Benchwayze]

Chopping up old plane irons? Sounds like there's a bit of tempering to do afterwards. I think I'll buy the Hock blade and trust the guy who knows what he's doing. When it comes to heat-treating metal, I dib'n got a clue other than what I read in books.