Draw Knife aka spoke shave

[Lewill2]

Scott, that is probably the best looking schnitzelbank I have ever seen.

[Branson]

Scott, that is probably the best looking schnitzelbank I have ever seen.

That's not a  schnitzelbank, it's a cooper's mare.  Sorry, I couldn't resist using one of the other names for the same thing.

[scottg]

Scott, that is probably the best looking schnitzelbank I have ever seen.

Thanks Lewill
Of course 99.9% of shave horses look like hammered crap on a moldy biscuit left out behind the barn,  so competition is not too stiff.   heehehehe
  I got 30 years out of my first horse. I'd made it in <a day with a chainsaw, some sawmill boneyard scrap and a handful of nails.   But I had used it a lot.
So when it finally rotted to pieces I decided I could afford to make something a little nicer.
The "new" horse is still all scrap lumber and firewood, but I tried to put a little style into it. :)

The pinching hand just came to me one day.
  People say carving hands is the hardest thing to carve of all.  But I don't really think so. I am not much of a carver, but hands I can do.
 
     yours Scott