Product Overview
NEW STOP PRESS - THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THESE AVAILABLE FROM SEPTEMBER 2021
Some individual tools are available but we cannot accept orders for complete sets.
The forge have struggled to make full sets since 2019 so hold your breath people!
There are 17 tools that make up Chris Pye's "Basic" range of carving tools. Available individually or as a Set of 17:
- Series (sweep) #3: W. 5mm (3/16"), W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32"), W. 26mm (1 1/32").
- Series (sweep) #6: W. 5mm (3/16"), W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32"), W. 26mm (1 1/32").
- Series (sweep) #9: W. 5mm (3/16"), W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32"), W. 26mm (1 1/32").
- Skew Chisel - W. 10mm (13/32").
- 60 deg. V tool - W. 10mm (13/32").
Auriou woodcarving tools have been used by Chris Pye since he first began carving and are among his favourite tools. 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.
The blades are uniquely forged by beating out a blank of steel to length, before hammering the cross-section profile. This process creates a resilient grain structure and, when hardened to Rockwell 58C, underpins their great edge-holding properties.
A few years ago, Chris enjoyed working with Auriou to redesign these tools. The new gouges have the older, 'allongee' style of blade that splays from the shoulder. They are lighter, with thin walls of uniform thickness, and their corners are more available for cutting.
Chris is confident that these are 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. Each tool comes with slender octagonal ash handles and polished brass tapered ferules.
THE BASIC SET OF 7
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Series (sweep) #3: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16").
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Series (sweep) #6: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16").
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Series (sweep) #9: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16").
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60 deg. V tool - W. 10mm (13/32").
THE BASIC SET OF 11
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Series (sweep) #3: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32").
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Series (sweep) #6: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32").
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Series (sweep) #9: W. 8mm (5/16"), W. 14mm (9/16"), W. 20mm (25/32").
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Skew Chisel - W. 10mm (13/32").
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60 deg. V tool - W. 10mm (13/32").
THE SET OF 3 SMALL GOUGES
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Series #3 - W. 5mm (3/16").
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Series #6 - W. 5mm (3/16").
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Series #9 - W. 5mm (3/16").
THE SET OF 3 LARGE GOUGES
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Series #3 - W. 26mm (1 1/32").
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Series #6 - W. 26mm (1 1/32").
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Series #9 - W. 26mm (1 1/32").
