This excellent, mid range, wood carving chisel is great for most general applications when carving wood. Made from high quality, laminated steel, this excellent tool will give many years of use. Cutting curves or hollows is easier than before thanks to this 9mm U Gouge chisel.The blade of this chisel knife is attached to a wooden handle that offers good control. This tool has a blade with an angled tip. Making your desired cuts to the wood or PVC becomes efficient through this tool.The carbon steel used in the blade of this tool offers a long-lasting performance to the woodcarvers. The entire design of this tool has been made in Japan specifically to ease the wood carving task.Kindly note, as these tools are hand crafted, there may be a slight variation in the angle of the blade relative to the handle and/or shank, this will vary from tool to tool. Please be assured this variation is normal and will not affect the quality or efficacy of this tool.