A marking knife or striking knife is a woodworking layout tool used for accurately marking workpieces. It is used to cut a visible line, which can then be used to guide a hand saw, chisel or plane when making woodworking joints and other operations. They are generally used when marking across the grain of the wood, with scratch awls better suited for marking with the grain. A marking knife, also called a striking knife, is used to make very precise layout lines for your Vintage Wood Marking Knife 03 joints, especially where you will be chopping or paring with a chisel. The chisel sits right in the knife line. So you want to buy a knife that keeps a sharp edge. You also want a marking knife that will let you get into tight spaces, especially when trying to layout the tails onto the pin board (or visa-versa) when making a dovetail joint.  This wood handled, Czech-made Narex marking knife (pictured below) is a few dollars more, at $25 (you can buy it here), but has a really nice look to it, with the hornbeam handle and brass ferrule. And the steel Vintage Wood Marking Knife blade comes very sharp out of the box. It isn’t as thin as the black Veritas striking knives, but it seems to fit into all but the thinnest of London-style dovetails. Vintage wood marking gauge for scoring wood. Turning screw in yellow resin Vintage condition: ok condition though some of wood is missing as shown in photos. Approx 20cm long.  Saying no will not stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make them less relevant or more repetitive. Find out more in our Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy. On. Saved.
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