Pfeil Wood Carving Gouges
Pfeil is a very old Swiss company that has been producing exceptionally high-quality steel tools for over 100 years. Faithful to tradition, Pfeil combines an ancient craft with technological progress to make its tools perfect, state-of-the-art instruments. For this reason, Pfeil is recognized worldwide as the leading authority in the design and production of tools for wood carving, sculpture, and woodworking in general, for the most demanding professionals and enthusiasts, including restorers, carpenters, sculptors, luthiers, and bonsai artists.
Pfeil offers one of the widest and most varied ranges of wood carving gouges, made from special chrome-vanadium steel forged using precision machinery.
The gouge blades, 110 to 135 mm long, undergo a special heat treatment in electric furnaces with a controlled atmosphere and are tempered until they reach a high hardness of 59-61 HRC (Hardness Rockwell Cone).
Each blade is subsequently sharpened by hand by a craftsman specializing in sharpening, making it ready for use and ensuring an excellent level of sharpness over time.
The Pfeil gouge blades are then securely mounted and fixed onto an octagonal-profile handle made from selected native ash wood (sourced from Swiss forests), treated exclusively with solvent-free vegetable oil, for excellent comfort and control of the tool when working wood, including with a mallet. At the end of the production process, Pfeil gouges will have a variable length of between 245 and 270 mm.
