Viking age arrow knife plane find

[OTDEAN]

See attached an archeological find from the viking age. 

The tool was used to keep a seax blade at different angles while making arrows.  This was basically used to turn a knife into a plane when making arrow shafts.

Cheers

Dean

[Ed Brooks]

that's pretty cool idea, thanks for sharing. Ed

[Lumberman]

That's awesome

[riverrat]

awesome. thats something i need to try and build

[Trapper Rob]

That is a neat tool.

[Aaron H]

Clever

[OTDEAN]

Made my first hazel arrow shaft using my version of this tool.  Takes a bit of getting used to but is very simple to use once you have had a play with it.  Definately slower than a plane but fun to think you are making arrows using a tool people used over a 1000 years ago, I am sure native americans would have had something similar.

 Need a nice seasoned and dense piece of wood for the tool or the knife blade digs in if not careful.  You need to experiment with a few angles to find what works best on the tool for you.  I have two shallow angles for small amounts of wood removal from the arrow and deeper ones for when I first started working the arrow.

[RidgeRunner]

I am going to have a try at one of those.
The first will be made of PVC pipe.
After I get the angles figured out one will be made of Deer Leg Bone.

Cool Tool.  I like.

David