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Re: Unique marriage mark? [Re: harry] #19663 05/13/09 07:23 AM
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Hi Harry,

You need to absorb my words carefully.

Race knives are used on green timbers when they are still soft enough to cut with a quick swipe. Dry hard (reused) timbers tend to have chisel cuts because of the extra power needed to make an impression upon same.

Please don't loose sight of the fact that the primary user of the race knive is the timber merchant. Their marks can be seen in buildings and especially those employing imported (Baltic) timbers. Hewers also leave their marks.

Lets see what Martin comes up with. He is in Surrey and I am in neighbouring Hampshire - we are worlds apart.

Regards

Ken Hume

Last edited by Ken Hume; 05/13/09 07:36 AM.

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Re: Unique marriage mark? [Re: Ken Hume] #19844 05/20/09 02:37 AM
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It would appear that Martin isn't reading or at least is not responding to e-mail.

Re: Unique marriage mark? [Re: harry] #20941 08/20/09 02:05 PM
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Here in New England carpenter's marks have been made by chisle, gouge, race knife, and later in red crayon with arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals.

If anyone is unsure what a timber scribe or race knife which can be used to make circles looks like go here for a photo of one:
http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/timber_scribe.jpg

Jim


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"Heavy timber framing is not a lost art" Fred Hodgson, 1909
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