The Striking Knife
Discover a nearly extinct tool that can help you work faster and more accurately. As preposterous as the notion seems, the historical record suggests cabinetmakers working in dim shops with hand [...]
Bandsaw Blade Marking Knife
Old bandsaw blades can easily be recycled into useful marking or carving knives. One blade nets you a slew of small pieces. Use a tin snip to cut off a piece of the blade, grind off the teeth, [...]
An Intro to Marking Knives: Part Two
Last week I talked about the first marking knives I owned and I showed one of the most practical ways to use them: making a knife wall to ensure accurate across the grain hand sawing. In this [...]
An Intro to Marking Knives: Part One
Among the first woodworking tools that I bought were two marking knives. In this entry I will talk about those first knives and the way I use them. In the coming entries, I will show other knives [...]
Video Short with Jeff Miller
As editors, we search our two web sites (popularwoodworking.com and shopwoodworking.com) constantly for information for the online extras portion of all articles and most columns – the [...]
Spear-point Marking Knives
Versatile (but tricky to sharpen) – we help you select the best tool for your work. From the March 2005 issue of Woodworking Magazine, pages 14-15 Spear-point marking knives are the most [...]