BASIC RULES FOR THE USE AND SAFETY OF CARVING TOOLS
These rules must be followed by both amateur and professional sculptors.
As a general rule, right-handed people use their right hand to and left-handed people use their left hand to guide the gouge so the guiding hand indicates the direction of the cut. Thus, the cutting angle, cutting direction and working pressure for chip removal are determined. While the cut is being made, the other hand secures and protects the gouge.
The hand helps to find and execute the start of the cut safely. In addition, it ensures that the cut is made on time and at the desired depth.
Of course, the illustrations are only an aid and don‘t have to be imitated in exactly the same way. However, the basic posture or orientation does not deviate from the design model significantly.
CARVING TOOL INFORMATION
With over 1,200 different carving tools, we offer the world‘s largest selection of different sweeps, shapes and sizes. At the same time, we guarantee top quality in all our different variants, as they are expertly checked after each work step. This variety allows us to provide you with the ideal tool for every purpose. For a better overview, we have divided our carving tools into series, which we briefl y list here:
SERIES 52
Carving tool with handle, standard, sharpened
serieS 55
Carving tool with handle, long form, sharpened, polished
SERIES 58
Micro carving tool with four special handle shapes, sharpened, polished
serieS 50
Carving tool without handle, standard, pre-ground, not sharpened
SPECIAL FORMS
Available on request
CARVING KNIVES
& CARVING BLADES
Ideal for notch cuts, sculptors and carvers
CARVING TOOLS Serie 52
With almost 600 different carving tools, series 52 is our most extensive series. Nevertheless, we guarantee the same top quality as with all our different variants, as they are expertly inspected after each work step. This variety allows us to provide you with the ideal tool for every application. Here you will fi nd the most important features as well as an ordering guide for this series:
BLADE:
Hand-ground cutting edge, fi nely ground and therefore easy to resharpen
High-quality special carbon steel, thus high edge retention
Special heat treatment in state-of-the-art, in-house hardening department to 58-60 HRC
Hand-forged blade guarantees highest quality and long service life
Stitch number embossed on blade for quick identifi cation
HANDLE:
Proven beech handle, which offers a particularly good grip due to the octagonal shape.
Slightly bulbous and tapered towards the carving tool, with an inner ferrule which prevents cracks from forming in the handle
Sealed with lacquer & STUBAI logo printed on the handle
ORDERING GUIDE:
STUBAI produces 4 series of carving tools:
Series 50.... – Carving tool without handle, standard, not sharpened
Series 52.... – Carving tool with handle, standard, sharpened
Series 55.... – Carving tool with handle, long form, sharpened, polished
Series 58.... – Micro carving tool, sharpened, polished
The article number consists of 6 digits: e.g.: 5205 02 = 52 . . . . - Carving tool with handle, standard, sharpened . . 05 . . - Sweep 5 . . . . 02 - Width in mm
Within each sweep there are different shapes (see illustrations).
CARVING TOOLS Serie 55
With „only“ about 260 different carving tools, the 55 series is our smallest series, but also one of our most popular. Of course we guarantee the same top quality as with all our different variants, as these are expertly checked after each work step. This variety allows us to provide you with the ideal tool for any application. Here you will fi nd the most important features as well as an ordering guide for this series:
BLADE:
Hand-ground cutting edge, fi nely ground and therefore easy to resharpen
High-quality special carbon steel, thus high edge retention
Special heat treatment in state-of-the-art, in-house hardening department to 58-60 HRC
Hand-forged blade guarantees highest quality and long service life
Stitch number embossed on blade for quick identifi cation
HANDLE:
Proven beech handle, which offers a particularly good grip due to the octagonal shape.
Slightly bulbous and tapered towards the carving tool, with an inner ferrule which prevents cracks from forming in the handle
Sealed with lacquer & STUBAI logo printed on the handle
ORDERING GUIDE:
STUBAI produces 4 series of carving tools:
Series 50.... – Carving tool without handle, standard, not sharpened
Series 52.... – Carving tool with handle, standard, sharpened
Series 55.... – Carving tool with handle, long form, sharpened, polished
Series 58.... – Micro carving tool, sharpened, polished
The article number consists of 6 digits: e.g.: 5205 02 = 52 . . . . - Carving tool with handle, standard, sharpened . . 05 . . - Sweep 5 . . . . 02 - Width in mm
Within each sweep there are different shapes (see illustrations).
cARVING tOOLS 58
With over 350 different micro carving tools, we offer the worlds largest selection of different sweeps, shapes and sizes, just as with the large carving tools. We guarantee the same top quality as for all our carving tools. In general, our micro carving tools are best suited for linocuts and fi ne carving work, whereby special handle shapes allow us to provide the ideal tool for every purpose. Here you will fi nd a small overview:
STANDARD HANDLE
The classic among our STUBAI micro tools: With a length of 50 mm and the classic mushroom shape, it is the all-rounder among our micro carving tools. Its size and shape make it particularly suitable for small carvings. This handle is sealed with a lacquer.
PALM CHISEL HANDLE (PC)
This ingenious special shape with a length of 65 mm offers particularly good grip when the carving tool is only guided with two fi ngers on push. Very popular for relief work, stick carving, and spoon carving. This handle is also sealed with a lacquer.
CARVER‘S HANDLE (SG)
Proven STUBAI all-rounder, which offers a particularly good grip due to the octagonal shape and the length of 100 mm. The handle is slightly bulbous and tapered towards the tool. It is ideal for all those who do not want to do without the classic handle even with our micro carving tools. This handle is sealed with a lacquer.
PEAR SHAPE HANDLE (BF)
The pear shape is particularly good and comfortable in the hand. The length of 80 mm is ideal for transferring force using the palm of the hand and is therefore ideally suited for fi ne details and carving work. This handle is unvarnished to retain the natural feel of the wood.
