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I'm not entirely negative about the future as "the man" has made a good living marking things up made cheaply in china so the wheel turns again. I'm very sorry to see Peter sefton has shut his school doors and is now marking things up that are made abroad. Better to mine the miners so to speak.

I think I eat from people's sentimentality for a bygone time. Definitely steer her away from any woodworking. Unless she absolutely can't live without making stuff. I mean obsessed. Against the grains comments seem negative harsh blah but there absolutely truthful and as such should be used to...

Somewhere there is a chart whereby if you hit a gouge into the paper that would be the same produced complete with numbers of course. Apparently gouges are really pricey at the minute. No doubt the big uns are the priciest. Try to find joiners gouges as there cheaper( but nowhere near as finely...

Let me say I've got globals etc but my go to knife is a sheffield carver. It's simply superb because it was in a set. The steel is perfect hardness for putting an edge back. Just so much easier than waterstones etc etc Honestly it's a revelation.

Must be white asbestos as that readily mixes with water. Blue and brown repel water so aren't used in these applications. Also blue was classed as dangerous many years ago.

I reckon the gouge you need should correspond with the sweep/width of the rebate flute.

Sorry Adam I forgot your a pfeshail man there system is slightly different. #2 being the flat gouge(sheffield #3) Pfeil chisels are all variations of #1(1s being a skew) Sheffield #1 is a straight chisel and #2 is a skew. The very best tools for this cut would be the rare henry Taylor cogelow...

Wm moss sash with a gouge cut. Probably 18th early 19th. 5/8 beading plane with absolutely the most common termination.

This thing is what I call a signifier. It's completely useless and adds zero to the plane. But to people who are obsessive about copying eighteenth century planes it's the pinnacle of something. Better concentrate on the important aspects surely. All american obsessive will judge your planes on...

A no 2 is a skew chisel at least in the sheffield list.

It's not a chance as the thrust is mostly towards the end grain and the gouge was fresh. But can you see the same shine.

Very enjoyable it's not a subtle move a powerful thrust and twist out the wood.

Only a real old 18th century one had anything like that in my collection. Most had a channel.

I enjoyed it so much I used it on a commission piece.

Bigger/wider gouge needed.

It needs a bigger gouge than that one maybe a #5 1inch.

Btw this type of cut is better in air dried wood.

The shoulder is a set distance so the width/ sweep of the gouge has significance. I will try a few this afternoon but even that shine shouts sharp gouge. One cut that's equally baffling is the one in the picture. Like a thumbprint. But if operated properly it's a simple cut.

Definite gouge cut it's a twisting cut starting in one corner then finishing at the other. Starting from the top.