a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces

a dandy tool for disemboweling yourself -- sort of instant hara-kiri -- but we both survived

The tool consisting of a sharp blade set between two handles. Users pull the blade toward their bodies along the log or timber’s surface to peel bark or wood.

A chairmaker's cutting tool that consists of an essentially straight blade, usually 8 - 12 inches long, with perpendicular handles at each end. The cut in the wood is made by the carpenter pulling or drawing the knife in both hands towards himself.

Also called a drawshave, this blade that has a handle on each end, is used to trim, shape or smooth wood by being drawn horizontally, with both hands, across the work toward the user, thus shaving the wood.

A drawknife is a woodworking tool used to shape wood by removing shavings. It consists of a blade with a handle at each end. The blade is much longer (along the cutting edge) than it is deep (from cutting edge to back edge).