What kinds of carving tools are there?

1, the blade of the flat knife is straight, which is mainly used to chop and smooth the concave and convex on the wood surface. Large models can also be used to chisel large scales with a sense of block. If used properly, such as the brushwork effect of painting, it looks very strong and vivid. The acute angle of a flat knife can carve lines, and when two knives intersect, the toe of the knife can be removed or the pattern printed. Woodcarving figures in Sweden and the Soviet Union mostly use flat knives, which have a strong flavor of wooden knives.

2. The blade of triangular knife is triangular, because its front is on the left and right sides, and the sharp point is on the middle corner. To make a triangular knife, you should choose a suitable tool steel (usually 4-6 mm round steel), mill out a triangular groove of 55 -60 degrees, grind the waist flat, and grind the mouth end into a cutting edge. When the angle is large, the score line is thick, and vice versa. Triangular knives are mainly used for carving hair and decorative lines, and are also commonly used tools for printmaking and watermark wood carving. When manipulating, the triangular tip pushes on the board, and the sawdust spits out from the triangular groove, and the lines are depicted in the parts pushed by the triangular tip.

3. The cutting edge of medium steel knife is straight, and there are inclined planes on both sides, so it is also called printing knife. Traditional carving thought: the blade of Sinosteel is right in the middle, which can keep the front and back, so that the nearby departments will not be shocked. Medium steel knives are also used to print patterns on characters' costumes and props.

4. The cutting edge of the round knife is arc-shaped, which is mostly used for round and round dents. It is also useful in carving traditional flowers. For example, the round surface of the leaves, petals and branches of flowers needs to be conformal with the round knife. Horizontal transportation of round knives is labor-saving and can adapt to ups and downs and small changes. Moreover, the line of the round knife is uncertain, so it is flexible to use and easy to grope. According to different uses, the models of circular knives should be different, and the size range is basically between 5 cm and 0.5 cm.

5. Jade Wandao, commonly known as monk's head and butterfly chisel, has an arc-shaped cutting edge. It is a polishing knife between a round knife and a flat knife, which is divided into two types: arc and oblique arc. When the flat knife and round knife can't be used, they can be replaced. It is characterized by gentleness, neither as straight as a flat knife nor as deep as a round knife, and is suitable for concave ups and downs.

6. The oblique angle of the blade of the oblique knife is about 45 degrees, which is mainly used to chamfer and polish the seam corners and hollowed-out gaps of the works. If you carve the corner of a character's eye, an oblique knife is better. Knives are divided into forehand oblique cutting and backhand oblique cutting to adapt to all directions. In boxwood carving in Shanghai, hair strands are generally carved with oblique knives, which are carried by choking, so the effect of hair carving is more vivid and natural than that of triangular knives.