Marking knife

Marking knife
Marking knife with a spear point blade
Other names
  • Striking knife
  • Shirabiki
Classification
  • Woodworking hand tool
  • Knife
Used withStraightedges, squares, scratch awls, pencils

A marking knife or striking knife is a woodworking layout tool used for accurately marking workpieces.[1] It is used to cut a visible line, which can then be used to guide a hand saw, chisel or plane when making woodworking joints and other operations.[2] They are generally used when marking across the grain of the wood, with scratch awls better suited for marking with the grain.[3]

  1. ^ Blackburn, Graham (1998). Traditional woodworking handtools : a manual for the woodworker (1st ed.). New York: Lyon Press. pp. 31–32. ISBN 1-55821-874-2. OCLC 41029219.
  2. ^ Rae, Andy (1 March 2008). Choosing & Using Hand Tools. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-1-60059-274-4.
  3. ^ Salaman, R. A. (1975). Dictionary of tools used in the woodworking and allied trades, c. 1700-1970. Internet Archive. New York, USA: Scribner. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-684-14535-8.