Another tool handed down, but this one is a mystery. It looks like it is made for scooping, or stripping bark from a tree. It’s not a bark spud though.
Can you help me identify this tool manufacturer, model, and date range? If so, leave a comment below.
Spud, Scorp, or Something Else?
It’s a pommel knife. A special drawknife to shape the pommel on a Windsor style chair
John thanks for the sleuthing! You’re definitely right, according to Dan Santos the tool is a Pommel Knife, used for shaping windsor chairs. Thanks a ton for stopping by the blog.
It’s a champer knife. Coopers used them to chamfer the inside edge of barrels. Don’t ask me why it isn’t chamfer knife.
Barr makes a similar looking pommel knife that is used by some Windsor chair makers. I wouldn’t be surprised if the pommel knife was inspired by the champer knife.