Reviews

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....

Very beefy and heavy bowl gouge. I use one as a bottom bowl gouge and ground one to a 40/40 grind. the steel is very good and holds the edge excellent. Recommended for people turning big bowls and such...

Pros: Nice strong tool rolls which fit the smaller sized tools well. Good value for the money and the tools don't rust in them unlike canvass tool rolls.

Cons: Large Ashley Iles gouges are too long for the roll and the cutting edge sticks out of the end when rolled up, so watch your fingers. Ask me how I know.

Flaps to cover the cutting edges and a larger size to fit longer tools and the large handles would be a nice addition....

Good quality. I recommend. Please write sizes of your tools. This bowl gouge long version’s length is 45 cm. Thank you....

...exceptional cutting quality; easily lapped with water slip stones. Razor blade sharp

Thoroughly impressed! easy to use and easy to sharpen! together with the arm rest makes cutting threads a doddle (honest!) go for the 20tpi as this is generally thought to be the easiest to cut threads with....