Quote Originally Posted by Dave Anderson NH View Post
Paul- I probably use the Ray Larsen the most with the James Swan coming in a near second. The one I use the least is the smallest. All of my drawknives are sharpened with a bit of a back bevel. It is to some folks controversial, but I find that it allows me to enter and leave a cut very easily. I can literally make a scooping cut shaped like the top view of a canoe. If properly sharpened, a drawknife can make a cut with a finish as smooth as smoothing plane.
Im already noticing that with the two drawknives i have, but one of them really needs to be reground, its 35 degrees, and i think would be much better at 30.
Thanks for the reply.