Subject: Re: baidarka FW: Aleut Paddle - scorp
From: Greg Stamer (gstamer@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 12:19:40 EST
>A scorp would definitely be able to do it. They also have the spoon-type
>planes.
>
>I'm surprised none have yet asked "how did they originally do it?" I'm
>guessing small
>primitive tools => lots of elbow grease.
What about a good, razor-sharp crooked knife? That's what I use for cutting
the groove for throwing sticks, smoothing curved deck beams, etc. Kind of
like using a variable radius gouge at the tip, combined with a flat section
for planing. Perhaps not as fast as power tool, but easy to control, with
practice, and quiet and no dust.
I use the Kestrel Tool "C" bend
<http://www.sculpturetools.com/kestrel/crooked.htm>, it is an excellent
tool, although I wish the blade were a little longer.
Greg Stamer
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