KYLERK gets the shavings this time
DENNIS S Yes in a generic way you are correct however KYLERK is primus inter pares. TMS, I have no idea weather the tools named would be used in fabricating a baseball bat but it wasn't what I was looking for nonetheless your reply/answer is appreciated.
As I said KYLERK got the answer I was looking for. The question arose in my mind as I read an article by PETER FOLLANSBEE in the December 2016 issue of POPULAR WOODWORKING. In the article he details work in green wood being done by a very talented young woman in Great Britain (Handmade in Herfordshire). Pictures in the article show a, to me, very unusual "knife" about 3 or so feet long and one end anchored to a tree stump with a very large integral hook. With curiosity arroused I went to my old friend GOOGLE and found a URL that not only showed those tools in use by their master but the young woman in the article as well.
The Blocker is a very long blade,very sharp, which with the enormous leverage available carves both major chunks of wood but also some delicate shaping shavings. The hollower is again a long blade anchored with a hook with a section loosely similar to a scorp used to hollow the footbed of a clog. Again the gripper is the long blade and anchor but with a "V" blade mounted that carves the groove where the leather upper is attached to an English clog. Here is the URS to see the tools in action.
https://vimeo.com/155192107Thanks for working the puzzler, another will be forthcoming soon.