Sunday, June 09, 2019

Dave's Shaves Received

Had a box from Dave's Shaves waiting when I made it home after work. I ordered 3 shaves, a 11" flat bottom, a 11" round bottom. and a 8" round bottom.

The three plus a "small" (9 1/2") flat bottom shave from the Windsor Chair Studio at the top of the photo:


All work very well, easy to set and are light and nimble. The build quality of the Dave's Shaves is outstanding, just beautiful tools. BTW, all four shaves use Hock O1 cutters.

In spite of my best intentions the tool jones overcomes. This morning I ordered three new Japanese kitchen knives from Stanley Covington and expect an order for a dozen or so chisels to follow, if I can make my feeble mind up on which ones to buy, The knives I kinda need or at least I can kid myself into believing I have a need, chisels not so much. It is just pure tool lust. 

ken

6 comments:

  1. Nice... Never tried his shaves but they sure looks good.
    I much prefer the cutting action of this styles of shaves versus the Stanley types

    Kinda need or at least I can kid myself Heh!? I have a strict policy to avoid that trap. Is it shiny? If yes, I need it :-)

    Bob

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    1. Bob,

      Here is a link to the history of Dave's shaves and shaves in general. http://www.thewindsorinstitute.com/the-modern-history-of-the-wooden-spoke-shave-part-i/

      There are a lot of "tool shaped objects"* out there.

      *Thanks to C.S. for the description.

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  2. I've had on my to-do list for a long while to make a wooden spokeshave. I don't know if I can make one that looks as nice as those. They're mighty pretty.

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    1. Matt,

      Thanks, they are.

      The Hock shave kit is $84 USD. Dave's Shaves completed shave is $110 USD. I doubt I could make one as nice. For me it was a no brainer. YMMV.

      ken

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  3. Or about US $40 for the LV kits.
    http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.aspx?p=49710&cat=1,50230
    I have one for years, never got around to build it, ditto for the Gramercy small turning saw kit. These and a few other tool kits which I must get too before I departed for the great woodshop in the sky.

    Bob, still sipping coffee

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  4. Bob,

    You have hit the nail. For just a few bucks I can be using the tool instead of looking at the parts on a shelf :-). BTW, both the Gramercy saw and the shave really work well, another big grin.

    I have one of those space age fret saws, the Gramercy bow saw works better. I can't remember the last time I used the fret saw. Unlike a coping saw blade the bow saw blade like a fret saw will fit in any of my back saw's kerifs and is much faster than either a coping saw or the high dollar fret saw. The best part is no broken blades to deal with.

    ken

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