What tools do you need for solid wood carving?

1, round knife: the cutting edge is round, which is mostly used for round and round dents, and is also very useful in carving traditional flowers. For example, the circular surfaces of leaves, petals and stems of flowers need to be shaped with circular knives. 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.

2. Flat knife: The cutting edge is straight, which is mainly used to chop and level the concave and convex on the wood surface to make it smooth and seamless. Large models can also be used to chisel large scales, with a sense of blockiness and proper application, such as the brushwork effect of painting, vigorous and powerful, vivid and natural. 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.

3. Oblique knife: The oblique angle of the blade 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.

4. Jade Wandao: commonly known as "monk's head" and "butterfly chisel", with an arc-shaped cutting edge, it is a polishing knife between a round knife and a flat knife, which can be divided into two types: arc and oblique arc. When flat knives and round knives can't be used, they can be used instead. 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.

5. Medium steel knife: the cutting edge is straight and there are inclined planes on both sides. Also known as "printing knife". According to traditional carving, the steel blade is in the middle, which can keep the front straight and prevent the surrounding parts from shaking. Medium steel knives are also used to print patterns on clothes and props.

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