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Drawknife
The drawknife is a traditional two-handled woodworking tool pulled toward the user to shave, shape, and smooth wood. Essential in pre-industrial crafts, it was used by wheelwrights, coopers, carpenters, and basket weavers — most effectively in combination with a shaving horse.
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Shaving Horse
A foot-operated clamping workbench used by coopers, wheelwrights and chair makers across Europe