5/8" OUT-CANNEL

Though not as familiar a tool to most woodworkers as bench or mortising chisels, firmer gouges are useful to the cabinet maker for numerous tasks.

In practice it is easiest to think of them as a combination of a curved blade bench chisel and a carving or sculpting tool.

An out-cannel gouge has its edge beveled on the outer curve of the blade and is generally used to scoop out hollows such as flutes or grooves, and perform other curved sculpting, coping or paring cuts.

Durable European hornbeam handles and steel reinforcement hoops. Available in light colored handle only. Germany

About MHG Tools
Manufactured by MHG Messerschmidt of Germany, these impressive chisels are the equal or better of any European made chisel on the market. Like their competing German made counterparts, MHG  chisels are forged, hardened, and machined to demanding German DIN manufacturing standards.

Though their cost is not low, the price is not at all unreasonable. We are confident that you will find the quality, performance, and durability of MHG chisels to be well worth the investment.

While many European made chisels have fractional sizes printed on the blade, a large percentage of them are actually made to the roughly equivalent metric size. Quite uniquely, MHG is making chisels for the American market in true imperial (fractional) sizes.

So, rather than having to take the time normally consumed by compensating for the difference betweens fractions and millimeters, you can proceed with your work with less fuss. To our knowledge these are the only German made chisels offered this way.