/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.210862]

So a few days ago, my girlfriend and I were helping my grandmother with some yard work. I went into my grandfathers shed and found this neat little knife. I asked her about it and she didn't seem to know a lot about it. Any ideas on what it is and what it's for?

Bonus points for any ideas for something cool i could do with it.

[Anonymous No.210864]

its a peeling knife

[Anonymous No.210871]

>>210864
It is very nice i agree, but what is it for?

[Anonymous No.210872]

>>210871

I hate you.

[Anonymous No.210878]

It could be gardening knife.

[Anonymous No.210881]

it looks like either a hook knife for cutting carpet or a pruning knife of some kind

[Anonymous No.210883]

looks like a carpet knife

[Anonymous No.210892]

Gardening knife for sure, in following lonk you can find very similar gardening knife. http://thevintagegardenstore.farming.officelive.com/thestore.aspx

[Anonymous No.210945]

It's a carpet knife. Trust me op.

[Anonymous No.210947]

its a pruning knife

[Anonymous No.210953]

pruning knife

[Anonymous No.210961]

Linoleum knife/carpet knife.

[Anonymous No.210966]

lino/carpet knife, no doubt about it

[Anonymous No.210967]

>>210871
That made me laugh.

[Anonymous No.210968]

It's modeled after a dragon claw, used by our ancestors to harness the power of the great firebreather and do some gardening.

[Anonymous No.210973]

my mum uses one of these to remove moss and shit between stone tiles

[Anonymous No.210990]

>>210862

'Billhook'

for gardening, cutting trees/branches

[Anonymous No.211013]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleum_knife

google image search: hook knife, or hook blade
and you'll see that there are many uses for this tool
generally speaking you use a hook blade to cut an outer layer, without damaging layers underneath.
for example cutting a roof shingle, without damaging the roofing beneath, or cutting the peel of an orange, without damaging the orange wedges inside.

[Anonymous No.211017]

I've seen similar knives used for harvesting rice stalks, and also for asparagus. Seems like a gardening/farming knife of some kind.

[Anonymous No.211018]

i had a knife just loke that once, asked a mexican and ge told me its for beheading piglets.! Not positovebbut he seemed pretty confdent

[Anonymous No.211062]

>>211018
Mexicans, the kings of diy.

I asked a mexican, he said yeah don't bother him about it.

[Durnango No.211072]

>>210862
I love those knives. Those are my multitool. In fact, I have my Red Rooster cheap-ass grape knife sitting on the desk right next to me.

[Anonymous No.211371]

It's an old utility knife.

[Joey Mountaindweller No.211445]

You can also find them in most hardware stores.

http://questknives.4mg.com/Page305.htm

[Anonymous No.212718]

Why are you all so beligerant, That is a shingle cutting knife for roofers.

[Anonymous No.212727]

thats a knife for cutting linoleum, obviously

[Anonymous No.212752]

>>210878
>>210953
>>210966
>>210973
>>211371
>>212718
>>212727

I don't know WHAT these dumb fucks are on about,
but this is obviously a Jew-evisceration knife, used
to eviscerate and gut Jews. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

[Not Me No.212762]

>>212752
ya it's one of those
i'm not a doctor
butt i play one on the interweb

[Anonymous No.212916]

whittling

[Anonymous No.212923]

>>212718
nope

[Anonymous No.212928]

Not sure what the intended use for this knife is,
But
>I'm an amateur potter
>all of the old timers in the studio use this

either the exact same one or one with a similar curved blade when trimming wet clay on a wheel.

[Anonymous No.212944]

>>212928

fills many purposes. linoleum and carpet, pruning and harvesting, even apparently race crimes. such a multitasker!

[Anonymous No.212945]

Looks like a skinning knife.

[Anonymous No.212953]

>>212945
its the complete opposite from a skinning knife, they have lots of "belly" which would curve the other way, and a non-sharpened tip so you dont rip the hide.