Woodworking Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professional and amateur woodworkers. It only takes a minute to sign up. Sign up to join this community.  I've seen someone shape a piece of wood with a draw knife by marking the wood in places with a pencil, then drawing the knife over the area until the mark was gone. Then repeating. He seemed to be doing this with relatively high Marking Knife For Woodworking Research accuracy results with respect to shape. He was also using a piece of paper and other measuring tools to monitor his outcome. I have attempted to find youtube videos of this, but haven't found any that do this particular thing. What is the draw knife technique with pencil marks called? (I believe he was making scale model boat spars). terminology traditional-t. Making a Woodworking Marking Knife: There are 2 types of people in this world; those who have used a pencil to mark a cut line on a piece of wood and dirty liars. Now, a pencil is an excellent tool, and one of the most used in a woodshop, its hard to beat the convenience for marking a   Now, a pencil is an excellent tool, and one of the most used in a woodshop, its hard to beat the convenience for marking a cut line. For some tasks though, like laying out dovetails or other precision joinery, a pencil mark doesn't, ermm, cut it. I'm so sorry, i tried to find a better pun Anyway, the line is too thick, and its hard to get a pencil butted right up against a straight edge to put the line right where it needs to be. What to do?. Marking Knife Woodworking Marking Knife Thin Blade Dual Double Bevel Striking Knife Hardened Mn-V Steel Heat Treated Striking Marking Knife (6 Pieces). View Detail FastCap Accuscribe Scribing Tool.  Some of these marking tools names are: marking knives, scribers, pencils, and gauges. They, like all woodworking tools, have proper roles and must be understood to be used effectively. For that reason, when buying the marking tools you want, read carefully their instructions to find the full list of uses each one has.
Pencil/pen lines are too wide, and too difficult to register. The best marking knives are flat on one side and have a spear point--this allows to register the flat side against a surface while you're making the mark, and allows you to get into tight spaces in any orientation. Feb 01,  · Hi All, I'm new to this forum as well as to hand tool woodworking. Just purchased Will Myer's Moravian Workbench video, and sometimes he uses a marking knife and other times he uses a pencil. Just wondering what goes into the decision. Thx, Jeff. Aug 24,  · For $50, you can have a great marking knife. The blade is just the right shape, the handle will be from some beautiful wood and it will fit your hand. The blade has a flat back, so it’s easier to keep upright and against the straightedge.

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