Double Gripped Drawknife
Date1900-1950
DimensionsOverall: 35 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. James A. Lindsay, 1961
Object number1961.098.035
Label TextBritish immigrant Charles Wray brought this double gripped drawknife with him when he came to London in 1906 in search of a better life. He was part of a surge in British immigration to Canada at that time. Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton had launched an aggressive recruitment campaign in Great Britain. Within a decade, after the First World War (1914-1918) began, immigration slowed to a trickle.
NameDrawknife
