Editing Drawknife (section)

{{Short description|Woodworking hand tool}}
[[File:ZiehmesserTop.jpeg|right|thumb|Traditional draw knife|350px]]
A '''drawknife''' ('''drawing knife''', '''draw shave''', '''shaving knife''')<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last1=Davies |editor-first1=Nikolas |editor-first2=Erkki |editor-last2=Jokiniemi |title=drawing knife |encyclopedia=Architect's Illustrated Pocket Dictionary |location=Oxford |publisher=Architectural |year=2011 |page=154}}</ref> is a traditional [[woodworking]] [[tool|hand tool]] used to shape wood by removing shavings. It consists of a blade with a handle at each end. The blade is much longer (along the cutting edge) than it is deep (from cutting edge to back edge). It is pulled or "drawn" (hence the name) toward the user.

The drawknife in the illustration has a blade {{convert|23|cm|in|abbr=on}} long, although much shorter drawknives are also made. The blade is sharpened to a [[chisel]] [[bevel]]. Traditionally, it is a rounded, smooth bevel. The handles can be below the level of the blade (as in the illustration) or at the same level.<ref name="American Woodworker-1990">{{cite magazine |title=The Drawknife and Spokeshave| magazine=American Woodworker | publisher=New Track Media | issn=1074-9152 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cfsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39 |date=Jun 1990 |issue=14| page=39}}</ref>