How to store a travisher?

[Stephen Clement]

I just bought Elia Bizzarri's travisher and am trying to figure out how to store it.293891

Does anyone have any experience with a leather sheath or other small storage method that will protect the blade, mouth, and sole? It will be stored in a toolbox most of the time andI don't have much shop space so I don't want anything bulky like a box.

Thanks. -s

[george wilson]

You lay it on a shelf.:)

But,if you MUST keep it in a tool box,in the very old days,they might take 2 blocks of wood,and hollow out each half to fit the odd shaped object. Then,hinge the 2 halves together and get a brass hook to latch it together. These boxes in the old days were usually pretty crude,but did the job,even on expensive instruments like surveyor's compasses. They were tied on pack mules and carried around to where ever the job required.

[Zach Dillinger]

Wrap in oil cloth and store your tool chest. No need to get too fancy with it, unless you want to.

[Prashun Patel]

I would store it the same way I store my spokeshaves during transport: in a roll.

[Mike Holbrook]

I have Store Wall (roughly like pegboard) on my walls I have all sorts of baskets and hooks on the wall several of which a travisher fits in or on. Yours may be straight enough to fit in a tool rool, which is where I keep most of my other green wood tools like spokeshaves.