Drawknives for Bow Making | Sharpening, Recommendations, and my Vintage Collection

Which drawknives should you buy or avoid? Sharpening tips, tricks, and show and tell with my massive collection. 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Kirschen 10" Straight Drawknife 3:20 Narex 240mm Curved Drawknife 5:12 L&IJ White #6 Cooper's Drawknife 6:40 Barton Unknown Model Drawknife 8:59 Kirschen 10" Curved Drawknife 13:24 Oxhead 10" Curved Drawknife 18:45 Oxhead 10" Straight Drawknife 21:43 L&IJ White Timber Framing Drawknife 24:54 DR Barton #16 Timber Framing Drawknife 25:52 Unknown Vintage: My Dad's Drawknife 28:12 Barton #9 30:03 Swan Drawknives 30:18 Morakniv Wood Splitting Drawknife (Not recommended) 31:57 Flexcut 3" Drawknife (Not recommended) 33:56 Felled 5" Drawknife (Not recommended) 38:53 Sharpening Checklist 43:42 Sharpening Example Oxhead 10” Curved drawknife https://amzn.to/3SOw2OX Oxhead 10” Straight Drawknife https://amzn.to/3dh4qBR Kirschen 10” Straight Drawknife (New model, the one in the video is the old model) (the Oxhead is very similar and a better price) Kirschen 10” Straight Drawknife https://amzn.to/3QIia74 My main drawknife: Kirschen 10” Curved Drawknife (I recommend the Oxhead curved drawknife instead. I think they might be the same knife and the Oxhead is much cheaper.) https://amzn.to/3QIia74 Whetstones King 1000/6000 grit combination whetstone https://amzn.to/3Ccf4nM King 800 grit whetstone https://amzn.to/3dhpvvZ King 220 grit course whetstone https://amzn.to/3QK9AVF Dan's Arkansas Stone 3 piece set (no affiliation) https://amzn.to/3AmKMh7 Tormek honing compound for stropping https://amzn.to/3w2fhq5 Leather strop (these are very easy to make, but here's a link for the lazy) https://amzn.to/3bZvHIG NOT Recommended. Don’t Buy the following. See alternate recommendations: Narex 240mm Curved Drawknife (A good drawknife but the bevel is way too steep for my taste, so I can’t recommend it. Great for debarking. Either Oxhead knife is a better purchase.) https://amzn.to/3AjSokd Flexcut 3” Drawknife https://amzn.to/3SLhuQn (Instead buy a Mora 120 or 106 https://amzn.to/3JPMgn8, https://amzn.to/3Qpcnnp) Morakniv Classic Wood Splitting Drawknife https://amzn.to/3bQ0CYa (I love most of Mora’s knives—the 106 is one of my all time favorite tools—but the drawknife is simply not recommendable.) Felled 5” Drawknife (Worst I’ve ever used. I don’t recommend any drawknife of this style. For $10 more you can buy a serious drawknife such as the Oxhead, which will last generations) https://amzn.to/3phw9VO