Thanks for sharing Bruce... Where is the best place to get one? 
JP

Jeff,
     The one I use I believe I got at Harbor Freight.  The one I posted, I just pulled off Ebay.  They had several of them.   
Bruce

I use a draw knife a lot, been through several kept the one  that suits me best. Will only use it very sharp, stop often and dress up the edge.

Draw knife sharpening is different due to the shape. I hold it edge up one end on the bench pushing on a bench stop other end in my hand. Using a composite two grit stone held like a file stoke the blade from the edge to the back. Some danger that way, compared to  stone on the bench, wear a glove on the stone hand & pinch it don’t wrap your fingers around. 

Depending on the wood it’s cutting I use either the rougher side or the smooth side. Generally the rough stone does better & the spoke shave most often used roughing out anyhow. Good trick is run a black sharpie down the blade edge and back side. Gives indicator stone angle as it contacts the blade.

If a roughing cut is going well and wood has a uniform grain I will often use the drawknife past the point of switching to a spokeshave.  This only on easily replaced stock. Expensive piece much more cautious 

Boats

These are the shaping tools I use most. Most aggressive to least. Have multiples each type these picked up more often. Recognize the handled card scraper ? It’s a Starrett The socket slick and broad hatchet are workhorses. Something heavy roughing out often better to use them on the bench than the bandsaw run single handed 

Honest have not shaped many gun stocks probably half a dozen over 60 years. First in High School shop. Have shaped many lamp post mailbox post boat mast & booms, push poles oars etc. while the lathe is best it’s length limited & it’s often faster to hand shape, particularly big square to octagon to round all tapered base to top.

I use a $" Makita angle grinder with a sanding disc, not the flap type, to roughly shape stocks.  I draw the outline of the stock on the flat sides of the blank and bandsaw the basic profile.  I draw a mid-line all the way around the edge of the blank to use as a reference.    I hold the grinder in my right hand and "sculpt" the rough shape of the stock.   Stop frequently and observe your progress. The Makita is lighter than many so its not too taxing.  After the grinder/sander, I use rasps to get the grinder marks out and finally use sandpaper.

SchwartzStock wrote on Feb 24^th, 2024 at 10:53am:

And that is not possible....IMHO