Casgliadau Arlein

A specialist knife used by a clogmaker for hollowig the upper side and edges of the wooden sole. It was used after rough shaping using the stock knife. The curved blade is forged onto a long iron bar. At one end of the bars is a wooden handle.The other end of the bar has been shaped into a hook, which was attached to an iron ring on the clogmaker's bench.The clogmaker held the wooden handle in one hand and the clog sole in the other on the bench.The iron ring held the knife in place on the bench and enabled it to be used in a lever motion to shape the sole.