Comments on: Miniature Trim Spokeshaves

By: Fritz Gorbach

Fritz Gorbach — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:53:51 +0000

years ago garrett wade seemed like a good outfit, but they seem to have raised they’re prices and removed a lot of quality items from their stock. All in all, shop around and you can do better.
As for the small shaves,I cant speak for these, but i have some others that i have had good luck using one handed with my fingers cupped over the body

By: heywood j

heywood j — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:02:25 +0000

these are, I imagine a good tool to have threaded handles…that way you can put larger threaded inserts in to make the tool more user friendly. nothing’s worse than cramping your hands up just because the tool is too dang small for your hands…but I guess I really am an idiot in the woodworking realm.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:51:03 +0000

Those same shaves are available from several retailers… For example, Lee Valley has them for $25.50 + shipping. I used to own a set - they’re OK for their intended (very specific) purpose, but they’re fairly uncomfortable to use and somewhat tough to sharpen given the small thin blades. In general, I’d highly recommend a wood-bodied low angle spokeshave as a versatile, low-cost wood shaping tool. In my experience, there aren’t a whole lot of situations where a std spokeshave won’t work but one of these little bronze ones will… Of course, if you’re dealing with one of those situations, these are it.