Vintage 3 pc Set Ashley Illes UK Made Paring Incannal Gouges with Boxwood Handles


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Vintage 3 pc Set Ashley Illes UK Made Paring Incannal Gouges with Boxwood Handles. This set of three gouges was purchased in London England in the 1960s and rarely used. Spending most of their lives wrapped in a British Newspaper. These rare gouges feature beautiful fine grained European boxwood handles and superior quality hand forged extra long high carbon tool steel blades. Included in the set are 3 sizes of gouge. The smallest measures approximately 1/4" wide, the middle size has an approximately 1/2" wide flute and the largest measures approximately 15/16" wide. The shortest gouge measures approximately 13-1/4" long overall and the longest is approximately 15" overall in length. All of the gouges will need a proper sharpening. The small gouge will need to have more attention as the edge has a fingernail profile instead of the usual square edge. Perhaps the previous owner had a special application. The middle sized gouge has some very light pitting on both the inside and outside of the last 1/4" -  5/16" of the blade. 

These are all beautiful tools and very hard to find. Premium British quality ! 

An incannal gouge has the bevel ground on the inside of the flute rather than the outside as with regular gouges. The flat or convex outside back acts as a reference surface, allowing precise, clean paring of inside curves, coves, and channels.

Key Characteristics & Uses

Inside Bevel: The cutting edge is formed by the interior bevel, making the exterior back smooth and flat relative to the curve.

Paring Action: Designed for hand-pressure wood removal rather than heavy mallet work (though some framing variants exist), enabling fine control. 

Common Applications: Used extensively in pattern making, cutting hinge recesses, coping rounded frame joints, and cleaning out flutes or deep concave profiles

High Carbon Steel: Forged from top-grade carbon steel that holds a razor-sharp edge and is traditionally hand-polished.

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