Awl, Knife or Pencil

[Bob]

Just a quick poll. Do you use an awl, knife, or pencil to mark?

Bob

[Mike Coonrod]

knife and pencil.

Mike Co> Just a quick poll. Do you use an awl, knife, or pencil to mark?

[Mark Jerde]

Pencil for most stuff, awl for critical marking.

-- Mark

[Leon]

95% Pencil 5% Knife

[Gordon Airport]

One double bevel or a pair of single bevels? I'd be surprised if anyone actually used pairs.

[Bay Area Dave]

A Magic marker. . . . . . . . .

just kidding! Sharp pencil.

dave

Bob wrote:

[Woodsy]

YES!

[Charles Krug]

And a Sharpie marker a few times in a pinch . . .

[DCH]

[e-mail] (Bob) wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Mostly a knife, double bevel...made by Hock...pencil for rough work...

DCH

[Bay Area Dave]

I forgot: 3M blue tape. I use that to mark finished wood like baseboard, crown, etc. works great!

dave

Bob wrote:

[Bill Hall]

[Nova]

Yes.

-- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)

[skeezics]

What????? you got no crayons? :-]

[Jon Endres, PE]

Depends on the application. For framing and rough work, a black Sharpie. For most everything else, a pencil. For the fine stuff, like dovetails and precise cuts, a single bevel knife.

JE

[Mark & Juanita]

Marking knife for furniture projects, pencil for "carpentry-class" projects (sharpened really well)

[B a r r y B u r k e J r .]

All of the above.

Barry

[Tom Watson]

Pentel 0.7mm Mech. Pencil.

Regards, Tom Thomas J. Watson-Cabinetmaker Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania

[Conan the Librarian]

Just to add to the chorus here: Pencil for rough work, knife for dovetails and such.

Knives used:

Veritas double-bevel marking knife. I use this one for dovetails and tenon shoulders.

Crown set of left and right-bevel marking knives. I use these for cutting cardboard and linoleum.

Hock shiv with homemade cocobolo handle. I use this one for killing and field-dressing small animals.

Chuck Vance

[Grant P. Beagles]

[Bob G]

ALL THREE ... But I usually mark with an exacto knife ...

Bob Griffiths