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Question:
"You are using the Sheffield list numbering, and #21/2
is less than #3. How do these 21/2
gouges compare with the Swiss Pfeil #2 range? - which to me seem
excellent for finishing."
Answer:
The Sheffield list numbering
starts: #1=chisel, #2=skew and #3=the first and flattest
gouge.
However, Pfeil start their
numbering: #1=chisel,
1S=skew, so #2=the first and flattest gouge.
So Pfeil #2 is equivalent
to Sheffield list #3, and both are good tools for finishing. The
new Ashley Iles/Chris Pye 21/2 is flatter
that either.
Here's
a demonstration
On
the left: I've stabbed in the same width Pfeil #2 (top) and
Iles/Pye 21/2 - they look almost identical,
don't they?
However,
if you extend the stabbing along the sweep (on the right)
you'll see that the Pfeil actually has a smaller radius - it's a
slightly deeper tool; not so flat after all.
Does
it really matter? Two notes next to each other on the piano
seem very similar but of course the difference is crucial. Same
here. The flatter gouge will give a finer surface. The only way
to prove this to yourself is to try the 21/2's
for yourself and see...
More comments
or questions?
Write to me here.
Where
to buy these tools:
UK
Ashley Iles (Edge tools) Ltd
East Kirkby
Spilsby
Lincolnshire PE23 4DD
England
Tel: 01790 763372
Fax: 01790 763 610
website: http://www.ashleyiles.co.uk
email link
USA
Tools for Working Wood
27 West 20th Street
New York
NY 10011
USA
Tel: 800-426-4613 (toll
free within USA) or 212-604-9535
Fax: 212-604-9533
website: http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com
email link
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