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Marking knife

A marking knife or striking knife is a woodworking layout tool used for accurately marking workpieces. It is used to cut a visible line, which can then be used to guide a hand saw, chisel or plane when making woodworking joints and performing other operations. They are generally used when marking across the grain of the wood, with scratch awls better…

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Use

StraightedgeSquare
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Shirabiki

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Overview

WoodworkingHand sawChiselPlaneWoodworking joints
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Classification
Woodworking hand tool · Knife
Other names
Striking knife · Shirabiki
Used with
Straightedges, squares, scratch awls, pencils

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Shirabiki

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Marking knife

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples12
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Marking knife

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related to Description · 3
Marking knife → On, Some, The
Classification · 2
Marking knife → Knife, Woodworking hand tool
Other names · 2
Marking knife → Shirabiki, Striking knife
related to Gallery · 2
Marking knife → Combination, Marking
related to Shirabiki · 2
Marking knife → Japanese, They
Used with · 1
Marking knife → Straightedges, squares, scratch awls, pencils

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Important terminology

marking knife used knives blade scratch shirabiki woodworking made tool skewed use spear point striking hand awls blades steel awl

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Marking knifeClassificationWoodworking hand tool1.00infobox
Marking knifeClassificationKnife1.00infobox
Marking knifeOther namesStriking knife1.00infobox
Marking knifeOther namesShirabiki1.00infobox
Marking knifeUsed withStraightedges, squares, scratch awls, pencils1.00infobox
Marking kniferelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Marking kniferelated to DescriptionOn0.60section
Marking kniferelated to DescriptionSome0.60section
Marking kniferelated to GalleryMarking0.60section
Marking kniferelated to GalleryCombination0.60section
Marking kniferelated to ShirabikiJapanese0.60section
Marking kniferelated to ShirabikiThey0.60section

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