Antique Drawing Knife

[patack2]

Hello, and Happy New Year,

I have several draw knives from an estate collection. It appears that only two are marked.
Can anyone make out the maker on this draw knife?
Many thanks.

 

[Provincial]

Draw Knife. You draw it towards you when you use it.

 

[patack2]

lol I don't know why I wrote "drawing." Yes, "draw knife"

 

[Farmer J.]

Difficult to see in the picture. Any chance it would show up better with chalk rubbed over the lettering or something?

 

[4xdog]

Try taking some pix with a low angle, directional light -- like a small flashlight at almost a glancing blow. That will help bring out the surface details.

 

[PugetDude]

White crayon or soapstone marker should bring out the lettering. Scrub first with a pad soaked in denatured alcohol to clean up any accumulated grunge in the crevices.

 

[RTM]

I see WAR....LUC....

Which is turning up nothing

 

[RTM]

Oops duplicate, can’t delete

 

[bargainhuntingking]

Warranted

 

[patack2]

I'll try another angle for the shot. I am coming up with WAR and then LOCK?
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions.

 

[Zrxrunner]

I see WARRANTED CA. What people are seeing as an L is an E, then D space C, then possibly A. Cant see past that.

 

[RTM]

If zrx is correct ( and others) , it’s probably “warranted cast steel”, which gets us nowhere closer to an ID.

Dickinson, Mathieson, Cam, and others used that. Anybody know if that was a more English term? A few quick searches seem to indicate it’s a more Sheffield based process than US based. Might tweak the search a bit.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

I have an old draw knife that i picked up for a few bucks. Turns out it was made from an old file. Kind of neat, and it works great.

 

[Downwindtracker 2]

Cast steel was a small batch in a pot. It was a specialty steel. Small for steel mill anyway. Every lower line handsaw was labelled Warranted Superior, but no name. So that means nothing.

 

[PugetDude]

I enhanced the label using CSI- grade TV-show text recognition software... It doesn't say "WARRANTED"

It says " WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”

 

[RivennHewn]

I enhanced the label using CSI- grade TV-show text recognition software... It doesn't say "WARRENTED"

It says " WARNING: This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”

I thought it said “Known to the state of California to turn your boys into dust in your shorts”, but whatever

 

[RivennHewn]

My best guess would be Warwood edge tool co.

I’ve been wrong before, won’t mind being wrong again.

 

[patack2]

Thank you, All, for your posts.

 

[Roberts210]

Drawknives are very handy for removing stock quickly.