I bought an antique spokeshave on eBay and it came without a blade and I can’t figure out what type of blade goes in here or how it mounts. Please help.
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https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/07/23/webinar-all-about-spokeshaves-with-peter-galbert early on he goes into the various types of spokeshave. Not my thing, but this guy's a real pro.
This is a chair devil or a chair scraper for smoothing curved components. For a blade you would need a card scraper cut to size.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/scrapers/54883-veritas-scraper-shave?item=05P3370
Thank you both for commenting. Both comments were exceptionally helpful.
I have made blades for spoke shaves out of old card scrappers. I like the older ones as they are thicker and you can get them cheaply on line.
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