Hi Curt & Galooterati,

The SJ Addis catalog shows the No 11 as a straight (sweep) gouge, so I can at
least confirm that it has been modified.

As to why it was modified, that can only be a guess, my guess is that
it was for a carving of some sort that the full sweep couldn't get into.

The seller, seems to think it was for carving a spiral, that's plausible,
but the price is way too high... (unless I'm not seeing something)

I have been picking up an SJ every so often, I prefer JB generally a
lot less than that price.

Regards
Ray,

Waiting for the drought to break in Victoria.

On 11/10/2008, "curt seeliger" <seeligerc@g...> wrote:

>Can any of you come up with a plausible explanation for modifying a
>gouge in this way?
>
>http://www.goantiques.com/detail,addis-special-fish,451675.html
>
>My first take was to boggle at asking so much for a grievously damaged
>chisel, but following the 'view other images' link shows the edge is
>finished.
>
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