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Gouges are forged in various sweeps to remove greater or lesser amounts of wood. For example, roughing out the background for a large relief panel would require a tool such as a 9 sweep. The ridges and hollows formed by this tool would then be leveled with a 2 or 3 sweep gouge. pfeil...
Details
- Electronically hardened alloy chrome-vanadium steel blade
- European hardwood octagonal square tang handle
- 5mm #5 sweep gouge
- Swiss made
- Finely ground and polished
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Carve a Christmas Elf with Justin Gordon – Part I
This three-part How-To carving series, just in time for the holidays, will guide you through the steps to Carve a Christmas Elf with accomplished multimedia carver and sculptor Justin Gordon of Groveland, Mass.
Part I will focus on blocking out the carving on the wood, Part II will detail instructions for the carving process, and Part III will show the process for painting and finishing your elf.
Reviews
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High Quality Carving Tool
Sharpened & ready to use right out of the box!
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Prefer Pfiel
Woodcarving is a passion. I much prefer Pfiel gouges over others (have 5 other brands on the rack). They simply carve better than others. Actually the reason for the other brands is that I could not get the sweeps in Pfiel.
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Perfect, be back for more
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