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Hi:

New to the forum and I have what is the first of what will probably be a number of newbie questions.

I want a log scribe, I would prefer to make my own but am prepared to purchase one.  Are there any plans on the net, or available, to tell me how to do that?   

Failing that opinions and advice as to what type of scribe to buy, reasons and sources. 

Thanks in advance.

Scott

Here is one from Traditional Woodworkers

http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=log+scribe&x=6&y=6

Here's another one...

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=41144&cat=1,41131

that same veritas log scribe is available in the states 
http://www.baileys-online.com/store/USA.htm 
#15770

so you dont have to deal with customs fees
veritas is the most versitile scribe I've used

also Pat wolf makes a nice scribe http://www.logbuildingschool.net/index.html
for 75Cnd  that is simular to this.
(https://forestryforum.com/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.logbuildingschool.net%2Fgallery%2FS%2Fstack_scribing_the_truss2.jpg&hash=5a0c966169bb9fb627ffb4e712b33e53ca6785c4)

I just got a real nice traditional one off ebay for $10 including shipping:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6240285052

I use logscriber IZBA (from Russia) (https://pp.userapi.com/c849328/v849328063/588b8/xv0NZ_JTUhk.jpg)

video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtGv3TaEjYY&t=157s)

I, too, am a Veritas fan.

This is what I use

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/13074/dragjarn2.JPG?easyrotate_cache=1535486254)
 

This type of log scribe has been used in Österbotten for as long as anybody knows. Many centuries. It is adjusted by sliding the rings along the legs which taper in thickness and by wedging a suitable wood chip between them. The handle is pulled in the direction you are going and the extra pair of tips pointing outwards help you hold it vertical by eye.
Some log scribes don't have this extra pair of tips. They are significantly more difficult to use. I had a such log scribe before and could never scribe accurately with it. My grandfather used such a log scribe all his carreer and could scribe accurately but he was more skilled than I am.

I found the dividers in a heap at one of the local scrap yards. One tip had been bent outwards when they offloaded the heap. I immediately got an idea and took it home and bent the other tip too and use it for scribing corner notches with sloping sides. Others use ordinary dividers.