William Ghio wrote:
> My material is 1 1/8” wide and a wide chisel can take it all in one go.

Hmm. I was thinking (wrongly) of making very long V's, but I was wrong.

Your point about a single cut seems quite important.

This, in essence, is how letter carvers make the 'V' shape cuts; that form the
letters.
Relief cut on the centre line, then cut both sides.

  BugBear