Reviews

Required 'traditional' style gouge for my turning, mainly goblets, and this suits perfectly. Quality tool that is a pleasure to use....

Purchased to replace old gouge. Quality tool pleasure to use.

Quality tool that suits my style of turning exactly. Purchased to replace older worn out gouge. Glad I chose Ashley Iles, now my go to manufacturer....

Bought at Yadles over 20 years ago and still going strong.
Only ever needed honing, perfect for hollowing goblets. Quality excellent and second to NONE ! Highly recommend....

I have used this cleverly designed tool since 2009 and, as long as the wood being turned is free of faults, it cuts captive rings effortlessly. I have used it to cut rings of 40mm and over in diameter with an optimum ring thickness of about 9mm. It is very easy to sharpen with a diamond slip.
I use the tool in conjunction with the Ashley Iles 9mm bead forming tool which sets out the width and shapes the outside circumference of the ring before the sides are cleared with a parting tool to allow the deployment of the captive ring tool to cut out the ring completely.

A You tube video of my use of the tool can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgSIMD0DRIR2v3CwlpOzc-
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To make it short - I love this tool and makes my hobby woodturning even more pleasing to me. The handle fits very good to my hands, the rounded sides of this skew move very easily on my toolrest and they are pleasing to my hands. I use it for spindle work to turn mainly apple, pear, walnut and ash with a bevel angle of approx. 25 degree and it holds its edge quite long. The thickness of this skew gives me a good feeling of stability using it either right- or left-handed. I use it for roughing as well as for finishing cuts and after regrinding it to a radius edge it works for me even on hollow forms (obviously they can’t be too tight) very well. At my lathe I use LEDs for lighting while turning. In my opinion the surface finish of this skew works really good with these LEDs because the reflections aren’t too intensive to my eyes. I would buy this skew again....