My neighbor came over and gave me this drawknife this morning. I had never heard of nor seen a Black Prince drawknife. Is it maybe a second grade tool for some better known company. I didn't get any info with quick googol search. Any info appreciated.

My guess is a hardware brand. Maybe Simmons or Shapliegh. They both had a lot of different brands.

Mike

Pretty nifty name.  It was probably not Prince Edward's* drawknife; I'm not seeing any indication in the online histories that he was a woodworker.

Sharpen it up and put it to work.

*Born 1330, died 1376.

Jim, mikeswrenches was on it.

go to this site.

    www.thcck.org/history/shapleigh-history.pdf

  Black Prince is listed in their history.

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Pretty good work!

 thanks Mike and turnnut. Tis indeed a Shapleigh brand.