Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets The vase's squarish form is

The vase's squarish form is softened via rounded corners

branches of cherry blossoms or red berries

75" tall x

which has me wanting to take the kayak out in wilder waters than I am typically inclined to do

there are some dark marks visible on the white glaze

Spokeshave Tool With Gorgeous Patina carrying milk buckets The vase's squarish form isI've become completely enamored of old handcrafted tools just for the spectacular, typically wonderfully worn objects that they are, but I'm also trying to learn a bit about what they are and do along the way! This is an old wood I think perhaps beech and forged iron spokeshave, the incredible beauty of which photos do not do justice. Spokeshaves which apparently date to prehistoric times, when they were used to shape arrow shafts occupy a space