And it’s about considering various sizes, situations, and materials. Whatever the letter, it’s these same sort of cuts. It wouldn’t hurt anything to have a thick piece of leather over my leg I guess, but control is even more important. The blade remains firmly engaged in the wood as it makes deliberate progress. That’s important for both executing the cut well, and also for safety. Leverage and downward pressure into the wood are critical in order to have control. Here’s a version of the grip I typically use for the first side of the v-groove. It takes time and is good training in patience and focus. These points of contact act as pivot points or fulcrums or a combination of the two.Ībove, I’ve come to the upper end of the left side of the A and am carefully slicing to touch up the root of the v channel and the junction at the apex of the A. Notice that in all of the photos, there is at least one finger in contact with the spoon and/or my leg. Feels a bit like carving with a fingernail.
The knife is stable in the hand with three points of pressure and can be handled nimbly and with good visibility. Here’s another shot of the same grip seen in the first photo. The spoon needs to move as much as the knife, so the left hand participates in the dance as well. When working a spoon handle, there’s not a lot of support on the piece itself for your hand, so the leg becomes an additional support. I used the timer to take a few photos as I worked a section, and they show some of my typical hand positioning. I'm no expert but they look wonderful to me.When I was carving the lettering on a recent spoon, I paused to set up the camera behind my shoulder. I highly recommend them, and once I've saved up I'll be buying more Auriou tools. What can i say? These are beautifully made and presented tools. I recommend this set to the beginner as well as the more advanced wood carver. I will definitely purchase more in the future. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the tool selection and sweep arrangement.
#CHRIS PYE 14 PC LETTER CARVING TOOLS SERIES#
I purchased this set to accompany the Chris Pye video series and found that the set performs well and the steel is very good quality. Please keep making them! Thank you also for the reliable and friendly service. My great grandchildren will one day use and love these tools. Nothing comes close to the work done at St Jeury Forge and designed by Chris Pye. I have many chisels, mostly purchased second hand from a variety of manufacturers. All of these chisels are solid quality, designed for ease of use and practical in their comfort and weight. Now I've bought the set of seventeen carving chisels. I bought Pye's chisels for letter carving last year and love them. V tool is only available as part of the 17 piece set. Each tool comes with slender octagonal ash handles and polished brass tapered ferules. They are lighter, with thin walls of uniform thickness, and their corners are more available for cutting.Ĭhris regards these as some of the finest carving tools being made today and is proud to endorse both the tools and the caring, traditional manner in which they are made. The new gouges have the older, 'allongee' style of blade that splays from the shoulder.
This process creates a resilient grain structure and, when hardened to Rockwell 58C, underpins their great edge-holding properties.Ībout 10 years ago, Chris enjoyed working with Auriou to redesign these tools. The blades are uniquely forged by beating out a blank of steel to length, before hammering the cross-section profile. Deep gouges for shaping, medium gouges for modelling, flat gouges for smoothing surfaces, and the ever-useful V tool - with these tools you can carve a wide range of subjects. 10mm (13/32").Īuriou woodcarving tools have been used by Chris Pye since he first began carving and are among his favourite tools. There are 17 tools that make up Chris Pye's "Basic" range of carving tools:
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