#9-10mm Wood Carving Gouge - Very Deep Curve for Quick Waste Removal | Schaaf Tools

Professional 10mm sweep #9 gouge with very deep U-shaped curve. Removes wood aggressively for rapid roughing out. Essential for clearing backgrounds, hollowing forms, and creating pronounced concave shapes.   The Schaaf Tools 10mm Sweep #9 Gouge features a very deep, almost U-shaped curve that removes wood more aggressively than any other gouge in your foundational toolkit. This deep sweep is your power tool for the early stages of carving when you need to remove significant material quickly and establish the basic forms of your design. At 10mm (approximately 3/8") wide, this #9 gouge strikes an excellent balance — it’s narrow enough to work in moderately sized areas while being deep enough to scoop out substantial amounts of wood with each pass. Relief carvers use it extensively for clearing background areas, while sculpture carvers depend on it for roughing out deeply concave forms. Crafted from alloy chromium-vanadium steel hardened to Rockwell C60, this gouge stands up to the deman