Hans Karlsson Gouges, the best money can buy, from the Country Workshops Store

HANS KARLSSON GOUGES. This selection of high quality Swedish gouges is produced by Hans and Carina Karlsson. These beautiful tools are excellent for hollowing spoons, bowls and other sculptural carving projects. Hans Karlsson gouges are forged from Swedish ball bearing steel, which is formulated for toughness. They really hold a keen edge. The H-120 series dog-leg gouges are designed for hollowing hard to reach areas, such as the converging long grain on the bottom of carved bowls. The smaller H-121 dog-leg gouge is also a very efficient tool for hollowing the bowls of spoons and ladles. The H-130 series double hooped gouges are designed for carving large bowls. These heavy duty gouges -- which are suitable for striking with a mallet or hammer -- are also used by wood sculptors and for saddling Windsor chair seats by chairmakers who don't use an adze and inshave. The H-141 mini-goatfoot V-gouge is used for engraving and carving surface designs. The other gouges have a rectangular hardwood handle, and are designed for paring (pushing, not striking). All Karlsson gouges are expertly sharpened by Carina Karlsson to cut with a fine finish.

We have also added another straight paring gouge to our Hans Karlsson selection. The new H-100 is narrower and has a somewhat shallower sweep than our H-101 gouge. This is a carverís detail tool. It's very useful when you need to take light cuts with a paring action. (These are often places where a small detail knife doesn't work well.) Drew ordered one for his own bowl carving projects and found it to be so useful that it earned a place in our carefully developed selection of gouges.

Note: The Karlsson' sweep system is based on the curve of a circle designated by the radius measured in millimeters. Because these tools are handmade, there is often a variation of a few millimeters in tool width compared to nominal size.

100 Series - Straight Paring Gouges

New #’s	Old #’s	Description	Price
H-100	---	15 mm 35 sweep - NEW	$75.00
H-101	HK-03	22 mm 25 sweep	$75.00
H-102	HK-04	30 mm 35 sweep	$80.00
H-103	HK-33	35 mm 90 sweep - NEW	$80.00
---	HK-05	45 mm 70 sweep - to be discontinued	$88.00
H-104	HK-14	45 mm 150 sweep	$88.00

110 Series - Bent Paring Gouges

New #’s	Old #’s	Description	Price
H-111	HK-06	30 mm 55 sweep	$80.00
H-112	HK-32	40 mm 90 sweep - NEW	$80.00
H-113	HK-07	45 mm 150 sweep	$88.00

120 Series - Dogleg Paring Gouges

New #’s	Old #’s	Description	Price
H-121	HK-24	30 mm 35 sweep	$80.00
H-122	HK-25	40 mm 55 sweep	$88.00
H-123	HK-08	45 mm 150 sweep	$88.00

130 Series - Double Hoop Striking Gouges

New #’s	Old #’s	Description	Price
H-131	HK-09	30 mm 35 sweep - bent	$100.00
H-132	HK-13	40 mm 55 sweep – straight	$110.00
H-133	HK-10	40 mm 55 sweep – bent	$110.00
H-134	---	40 mm 150 sweep – bent - NEW	$110.00
H-135	HK-20	50 mm 70 sweep – Big Bully straight	$120.00
H-136	HK-28	50 mm 70 sweep – Big Bully bent	$120.00

140 Series – Specialty Gouges and Chisels

New #’s	Old #’s	Description	Price
H-141	HK-21	Mini goat foot V gouge	$67.50
H-142	HK-26	5 mm dogleg mortise cleaning chisel	$67.50
H-143	HK-30	15 mm mini spoon gouge	$50.00
H-144	HK-31	25 mm mini spoon gouge	$55.00

How To Order
Tools can be purchased three ways: Order by phone (Office hours: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern Time) using your Visa/MasterCard for payment; order by mail, by clicking on Order Form (you can print the Order Form on your computer's printer, but we do not yet offer on-line ordering); direct purchase at our store and showroom.