wedge@wedge@woodworking.group
Working on a tapered octagon handle for this shallow-sweep Sorby gouge.
Not a fan of the ‘bottle’ edge that was ground on this but it’s too short now to re-grind. I’ll live with it.
I used a beech blank. It has some hard dark twisty grain at the tang end, and a little spalting with bug channels at butt. Still need to shorten (at butt), fill the bug rough, put a ferrule on the bolster end, and final finessing. Will be lovely.
All hand work. Saw, chisel, file, and sandpaper
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