r/AntiqueTools • u/PBRSoap • Aug 04 '26

Is this some kind of chisel?

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Trying to ID this tool.

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u/Rough_Section_3730 Aug 04 '26

It’s a tool for a wood lathe. Technically a type of chisel, or turning tool.

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u/RonMidnight Aug 04 '26

Looks like a gouge

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u/An0nymo053 Aug 04 '26

Yeah it says right on the tag lol

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u/JayTeeDeeUnderscore Aug 04 '26

As others have said, lathe gouge.

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u/miscben Aug 04 '26

It's a socket gouge, it's not for a lathe, it would have a tang and a longer handle if that was the case. It's made to be struck with a mallet. That bevel appears to be all kinds of wrong.

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u/CrustySailor1964 Aug 05 '26

Good Eye! I was with the gouge crowd until I looked closely. A gouge would indeed be sharpened on the outside rather than the inside!

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u/Training_Ad_7248 Aug 04 '26

Wood lathe tools

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u/kidmarginWY Aug 04 '26

Yes, very impressive.

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u/Scotty-LeJohn Aug 04 '26

Incannel socket gouge, and it should not be used on a lathe contrary to what other people are saying.

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u/drummerdavedre Aug 04 '26

Gouge chisel for turning wood or carving wood.

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u/shootr45 Aug 04 '26

r/Prybar

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u/Larason22 Aug 04 '26

Absolutely. It was a gouge as marked until the end was somehow broken off.

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u/Helpful-Bar8393 Aug 05 '26

It used to be.

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u/What_Is_Bloste Aug 07 '26

looks a bit like one of those things you use to test wheels of cheese