Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 19:1

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אִם לֹא הֵבִיא כְלִי מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת, מְבִיאוֹ בְשַׁבָּת מְגֻלֶּה. וּבַסַּכָּנָה, מְכַסֵּהוּ עַל פִּי עֵדִים. וְעוֹד אָמַר רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, כּוֹרְתִין עֵצִים לַעֲשׂוֹת פֶּחָמִין וְלַעֲשׂוֹת כְּלִי בַרְזֶל. כְּלָל אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, כָּל מְלָאכָה שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לַעֲשׂוֹתָהּ מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת אֵינָהּ דּוֹחָה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְשֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲשׂוֹתָהּ מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת דּוֹחָה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת:

R. Eliezer says: If he did not bring the instrument [the milah knife] on Sabbath eve, he brings it on Shabbath in the open [to show that this mitzvah is so beloved that Shabbath is desecrated for it.] And in time of danger [i.e., when milah was decreed against], it is covered, with (the accompaniment of) witnesses, [who testify that he is bearing the mitzvah knife, so that he not be suspected of carrying his other belongings]. R. Eliezer said further: Wood is cut (even on Shabbath, if necessary) to make coals and to make the iron instrument [i.e., the milah knife]. A rule was stated by R. Akiva: Every labor which can be performed on Sabbath eve, [such as those preparatory to milah] do not override the Sabbath. [He differs with R. Eliezer.] And what cannot be performed on Sabbath eve [such as milah itself, which must be performed on the eighth day (even if it is Shabbath)] overrides the Sabbath.

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