Tools Carvers Use - Tiki Carving

T TheBigT Tiki Socialite Fabulous Houston Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1798	T TheBigT Posted posted on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 8:16 AM On 2015-01-21 09:45, JJ Mai Tai wrote: I have been using the 4.5" Bad Blade for about a year. It works great. I also have the King Arthur Lancelot blade which I highly recommend. I would recommend keeping the guard on for either one. thanks jj 2nd question Skew Chisel: what's it used for? I've seen some instances where a sharply angled chisel would have allowed me to dig deeper into a tight corner without cutting elsewhere. In other words sort of follow the line of a cut deeper down into the curve of an eye, between a nose and an eye, etc, etc. Thoughts?

On 2015-01-21 09:45, JJ Mai Tai wrote:
I have been using the 4.5" Bad Blade for about a year. It works great. I also have the King Arthur Lancelot blade which I highly recommend. I would recommend keeping the guard on for either one.

thanks jj

2nd question Skew Chisel: what's it used for? I've seen some instances where a sharply angled chisel would have allowed me to dig deeper into a tight corner without cutting elsewhere. In other words sort of follow the line of a cut deeper down into the curve of an eye, between a nose and an eye, etc, etc. Thoughts?

Post #735788 by TheBigT on Fri, Jan 23, 2015 8:16 AM