Chinese Carving Set, 6-piece

Traditional Chinese Carving Tools
These exceptional carving tools emanate from two forges on the southern Chinese city of Dongyang, a centre of the sculpting craft. With the small chisels, the durable blades are sharply tapered into a pointed tang. The larger tools have a socket-shaped throat which holds the handle and prevents splitting. The small carving blades are made of carbon-steel (C 60, approx. 58 HRC). The socket tools are of forged double-layered steel (above 60 HRC). In line with Chinese tradition, the chisels are only roughly ground by the blacksmith. It is the user who makes the chisels ready-for-use by fine grinding to the required sharpness and mounting the handles.
Note: Due to the purely manual manufacturing process, the stated dimensions are subject to relatively wide fluctuations.