1606
Object Name
Gouge, Woodworking
Materials
Wood --Metal
Catalogue Number
1606
Dimensions

Length 23.7cm x Width 2.4cm x Height 2.4cm

Description

Curved gouge chisel with a wooden handle and a small, thin curved blade. The wooden handle is made up of an octagonal cylinder with a round cap on top and an hourglass shaped design below where the metal blade is attached. The blade is straight and squared where it affixes to the handle but gradually diminishes on one side so that it resembles a U - shape towards the bottom.

History

There are two types of curved chisels – one that comes with a straight blade but a curved gouge and the other having a curved blade with a straight gouge. The U-shaped cutting edge is available in varying depths and degrees but they are all for cutting out larger pieces of sticks while woodworking and providing shapes to complicated wooden structures.