Gränsfors' Swedish Drawknife First Time Use - Making A Wooden Handle
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- I broke the handle to one of my pitchforks. I am using the Gränsfors Swedish Drawknife to make a new handle out of ash wood.
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I love that you are repairing grandpas old tool and still use it. When I was 5 my great grandfather and I used to work in his garage and he made me a little wooded toolbox big enough to hold real tools so i could carry some tools of my own to help him while he worked on various projects. Well long story short I still have that toolbox and still use it today and I will be 53 years old this year, so I have 48 years of memories in that little box and I think of my great grandfather every time I reach for a tool from that wood toolbox and I read the engraving he put into the bottom of it. To Craig from G Grandpa Apple Never throw away things that just need a little attention. "1969"
Very handsomely done. Grandfather would be proud of his grandson.
A Swedish Homestead tour of Gränsfors Bruk would be fantastic. Keeping vintage tools alive using hand tools and craftsmanship, good work, good music, good video. Tack, danke, thank you :-)
I love working with a drawknife. a bonus is the curls make great tinder for starting fires.
Great job Simeon, your new handle will last another four generations. Enjoyed the music very much. Thank you.
thanks. I hope it will.
Swedish Homestead Simeon , what a great life you have ! There are many people in the world that wish they had your freedom !
Enjoyed the video,....Soothing choice of music with
lovely acoustic guitar playing,made it so enjoyable and relaxing to watch.
Regards.
Would LOVE to see a video tour of the Gransfors factory!!! In the states we use draw knifes too, also, spoke shaves, and files/rasps when we carve handles by hand. Great first handle!!!
I enjoyed the music in the background!
Ron is really gifted.
I really enjoyed this video. thank you
Good. :)
Great video; your editing skills are really coming along well, too. Thanks Simeon.
Thank you.
I like the last song that was played. Sounds like the tune for "When He Cometh". I was able to sing along to it. Great project and God bless!
Simeon, that was freakin' AWESOME!!! I hope your Great-grandchildren will use it in good health!!
Great video. Loved the image choices - the shavings curling on the wood and the music with it were very relaxing together. Thanks, Simeon.
Thank you.
Very relaxing video. Thank you. It was well edited and the music was perfect.
You did a great job on the handle and video. Thanks.
Good job on the handle. Great music too
Great job and beautiful music!
I enjoyed watching this. Now I want to try it.
Nice handle and loved the special music.
It's fun using tools from the past, we are spoiled now a days with all of our power tools. Nice sturdy handle that will last a long time. Great video I enjoyed it a lot.
It's so satisfying to see these curled wood chips form! I really liked the close up shots. Also, the music was amazing, I'd love to hear more of that!
I enjoy the fact that I can watch these videos for free (not counting a phone bill here) and all I have to give is my time to gain knowledge and happiness from this channel. I really enjoy the fact that my free watching also gives an income (no matter the size) to Simeon and hopefully brings him joy. It's the perfect positive feedback loop. Great video!
Frank Just make sure to watch the advertisements so they can make a little money for their time and effort 😉
Nice grain for a handle! I enjoy your videos
Good job; fun video. You are going to develop massive muscles before you load that long, thick, ash handle with enough hay to break it.
Please convey my deep appreciation to Ron for his artistry on the guitar and his taste.
I have several antique drawknives that I have restored and use, but that doesn't stop me from wanting a Gransfors. I'm also a big fan of their products. Thank you for the video. You did a fine job!
I look for them on eBay, I grew up using them and love them. It's funny, not many people know what they are anymore but they go for crazy prices even broken/worn out, I guess as antique displays or something?
julie r Yea, makes me sad to see some great vintage tools used as decoration. All they need is a bit of care and they will last another lifetime.
Nice job on that handle! Very nice tool.
You di Grandpa proud...by the way loved the music in this video...."tis grace hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home..."
Beautiful. Beautiful cinematography, beautiful music, beautiful wood. Two thumbs up. btw- wood curls make great potpourri.
Great video , great channel from North West UK
nice work thanks for sharing that with us simeon
Thanks!
Cool. Wonderful music!
Very nice to see real hand made stuff. The English for the oil is boiled linseed oil. I would love to see a tour of the Gransfors factory/forge.
It will get many more years of use again, great job
Very nice Simeon, thank you.
That is beautiful work!!!!!!
Nice choice in music. Cool video. Enjoyed it.
Thank you Simeon once again a great video,music and sharing your skills
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Nice work! It must feel very satisfying to have made that handle.
love the song, amazing grace. thank you Lord
Great video. There is something deeply satisfying in woodworking with the simple tools.
Very nice, Simeon. I too, make my own tool handles.
Really like the music too.
Thanks. That's awesome. What wood do you use?
I use mostly hickory and ash. Hickory for the impact tools such as axes and hammers and ash for my gardening tools... rakes, shovels, hoes, etc.
Great Tool.
very nice musik! this ending was a pleasure.
good choice with the music
You may not do a lot of carpentry work but I could tell that you enjoyed using the drawknife. Good tool sharp it's almost like therapy. Great video 👍
Really enjoyable video - great camerawork,and excellent music.
So Love that music ! One thing about handle being over sized , when ya get old like me & your hands refuse to close well, will be right sized.
Did I say how I loved that music ! Nice video
Great tool, it must be great having all that different wood on your doorstep
It is. We haven't had a dryer for our wood but my dad just bought one and is building it now. So in the future we can dry our own wood and build furniture.
Swedish Homestead that's such a big asset, congrats!
Wonderful video Simeon , I really like all of your videos ! Also,Your choices of music I really enjoy ! May you and your families be blessed .Naugatuck,Connecticut .USA.
Great Video, one of my favorites so far! I LOVE the music!
Nice video! The make just the best axes too...
Excellent channel.
Thank you!
That came out very well, I made a shaving horse to do this very job, but I use an English drawknife where the handles are the other way round, Ash is getting difficult to find now, with all the disease that is hitting them, but we have a few unaffected trees in our garden in France, soak that in linseed oil and it will last far longer than a bought one .The added bonus is that you have some excellent fire starting tinder for when you let your wood burner go out,(which I think would not be often).Chris B.
Well done!
Thanks.
That is beautiful wood. Around here, in Southern Appalachia, we have a lot of Hickory and Red Oak. Ash is not as common.
Thank you Simeon for showing us such beautiful tool. I have seen this one before and music of Amazingly Grace in the beginning of the video was totally awesome🙏😇👍 I felt very blessed this morning:) God bless your whole family!
I really like the design of that draw knife, great video.
Great video! the drawknife looks very interesting!
great video.
Great work on video mate
Love the Bach. Great confessional Lutheran hymn.
Beautiful work! Nice music choices, too.
Very instructive as always, well done!
Love these new vlogs of working tools n how it was n still is good hand crafted items n how to do it ...yes please do continue such subjects ...bless u n ur family, been watching u a very long time now ...!!! loveyas
Beautiful piece of ash you're going to use for the handle Simeon. I love wood so much. Great job on the pitchfork handle Simeon! It looks gorgeous.
My son is a Marine and his graduation photos are framed in Birdseye maple & bubinga wood. No nails used to frame it. The gentleman who did the work is a good friend of ours, he helped my husband frame the 3 photos. Such beautiful work.
Nice work, I have never seen a curved draw knife like that, very interesting.
excellent
Good job, it looks like it will last a long time.
great job!
Thanks.
I do a lot of fur trapping I've been running a draw knife for 30 years .... for fleshing hides. But a few years ago I turned the skill in making handles axe or sythe shovels about anything you would need or want a hand made handle.
I so very much enjoy your channel.
Love the music. And it would be great if you could make a trip someday to the Gransfors factory. I bought a forest axe from them and it's awesome.
This job probably would have been easier with a shorter-bladed drawknife. As you said, those long ones are for working on things the size of tree trunks. Even so, you did a fine job with thee one you have.
For fine round stock work, use a spoke shave instead of a draw knife. It gives you better fine control after the first rough shaping.
We use boiled Linseed oil to protect wooden tool handles, here in my part of America anyway. Your video making this tool handle is inspiring, it was a pleasant task I am sure. Great video quality as always, good to see that handle hand made with a draw knife.
Love me some amazing grace.
Anyone who enjoys this sort of thing, should check out books by Eric Sloane. They were published in the 1960's and have amazing knowledge, excellent hand drawn illustrations and some neat history of working with wood, as it related to homesteading and farming.
Yes, a drawknife, designed to do exactly what you did, pulling ("drawing") the knife toward you, to shave or plane down a wood surface.
Great job. Really enjoy your videos. If you want to speed up the job you could make 4 more passes on the table saw set at 45 degrees. This will give you an octagon and remove most of the waste. Then you can do the rest by hand just as you did. There is a trick to doing this without having to do any measuring.
1st time watching your channel now a new subscriber. nice job keeping the old tools in working order again. I made a broom handle out of birch and everyone who sees it gives it a questioning second look like where did you buy that.
Good music there Simeon...I could criticize your handle but I have never made one so not the case....I wan`t one day if I have time permits to do an axe handle like my grand dad yous`ta make ...I have the tools I think and you may have given me the idea to make a video of this...You keep making good videos and thats why for I watch them.......I SALUTE you sir
Great video Simeon and music, love the drawknife, If you ever get the chance try using it on green wood it sings to you ;-)
Hi like the video, just one thought, why not take off some of the stock on each corner ripping a 45 degree cut with the table saw, then finish up with the drawknife. Or you could use a rounding over bit in your router, and, knock down the edges with that before doing the finish work. One note about tools, go to estate sales, garage sales, ect. and look for tools made at least forty to fifty years ago, I guarantee you the quality of the steel is much better.
its hard to beat gransfors quality, they have maintained a high level through the years.
Ash (aska)wood ?I really enjoyed this video. Thank you !!!
Nice grain on that piece of ash. We have lost all of our ash trees in Michigan due an invasive specie called the emerald ash borer.
Wow. That sucks. We are losing most of our ash trees here in Europe as well due to a virus. Few survive.
Nezrom even as North as Canada is having the same problem
Ben Poliquin. The ash borers moved about 10 to 15 miles north per year. First noticed them more than 10 years ago. Are you east or north of Michigan?
I don't know why this happens so often. Someone responded and I see it in my notifications but not here, maybe you deleted your comment?
I am in Ontario. Toronto is pretty much a lost cause, Peterborough is oddly fine but up around Lake of the Woods is fine as well as Sudbury area. I didn't think about it but yeah your probably north of my location.
Ash have pretty much been wiped out in the Midwest US.
A very good example. I was wondering if you used a caliper to keep the thickness consistent .
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good video, wonderful music! You enjoyed this work...I suspect you will find yourself doing a bit more carpentry! ☺
I don't believe it. First time with drawknife? Just kidding. Very nice job. Much better than my first project with a drawknife.
Om du ska göra några fler skaft så skulle jag rekommendera att du bygger dig en täljhäst så du slipper stå böjd sådär och så spar du ryggen. :) Ett tips till är att inte slipa ner skaftet så det blir helt slätt, utan bara köra med barkkniven eller en spånhyvel så får du bättre grepp och slipper blåsor, inget kul när man ska stå en hel sommar och lassa hö. ;P
I just came across your channel. I love Sweden and hope to return there someday. Very much enjoy watching you work and appreciate the educational content you provide. Thorough and constructive. Tusen Takk!
Can you publish the name of the guitarist in the background?
Flaxseed oil, also known as linseed oil. Flax, if not rancid, can be used as a food product, but I believe in the US, if it is marked "linseed" it is not meant to be used in food (may contain preservatives?).
Suggestion: For simple build videos such as this you could probably film the entire video with zero talking. Many people find them relaxing and they appeal to a large audience. You can always make a second video talking about the project and the tools you used if you find a need to explain some things.
check out hans Karlsson klensmide in Motala. They do very nice hand tools as well.
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Oil all wood handles to condition it & they won't ever brake. But get it deep into the wood...not just wiped on with a rag.
Job well done! I have one, maybe two of those knives laying around somewhere, but I believe they are finnish Billnäs. Not sure. How do you like your Logosol and do you have more of their products?
Great job. Where can I buy one of those draw knives?
i bought a spokeshave to do the same job, wondering if I may have not bought a big enough tool after this video, great job though! I thought this was more for debarking big logs
A spokeshave would be more the proper tool to finish a round handle, the drawknife does the initial shaping. To peel logs the tool is called a spud. You can also do it with the drawkinife though.
julie r thanks for your comment that helps
Love the beautiful and rich slide guitar version of Amazing Grace! The music is a good addition. I would love to be able to afford Gränsfors tools. Superior quality, superior price. Great camera angles of your work, showing how sharp your tool is...satisfying to cut ash like that. Is the oil linseed oil? It is a common natural means of preservation.
I think it is called flax seed oil.
They are one and the same :)
In the US, the food grade oil is called flaxseed oil, whereas the industrial grade oil is called linseed oil.
Food grade flaxseed oil is also usually cold pressed, whereas I'm pretty certain that most if not all linseed oils on the market use a solvent based extraction process.
Same source plant, but not exactly the same thing, since linseed oil can have toxic chemicals still in it from the extraction process, and might even have some chemical additives to help it dry hard, so using it in cooking or as a supplement might end up in a trip to the hospital.