Carving knife respectively have a few in which role

The types of carving knives and the role of the following:

1, round knife: the edge is rounded, mostly used for round and round indentation, in the carving of traditional flowers have a great deal of use, such as leaves, petals and flower branches and trunks of the round surface of the need for round knives suitable for processing.

2, flat knife: the edge is flat and straight, mainly used for chopping and leveling the surface of the wood bump, so that it is smooth and unmarked.

3, oblique knife: knife mouth is about 45 degrees of the oblique angle, mainly used for the work of the joints and corners of the hollow slit for picking angle repair. Such as carving the corner of the eyes of the characters, oblique knife is better.

4, Yu Wan knife: the edge is rounded, is a between the round knife and flat knife between the repair of light knife, divided into two kinds of arc and oblique arc. Characterized by a more moderate, not like a flat knife board straight, not like a round knife deep concave, suitable for use on the concave undulation.

5, in the steel knife: edge straight both sides have a slope. The center of the steel knife blade, used to hit the blank can be kept straight to the front, so that the surrounding part of the retention is not vibration. In the steel knife is also commonly used in engraving characters costumes and props on the pattern pattern.

6, triangular knife: the edge is triangular, because the sharp surface in the left and right sides, so sharp set point in the middle corner. Triangular knife is mainly used for engraving hair and decorative lines.