Stryi long wood carving bent gouge / chisel perfectly suits for deep hollow carving - for bowl, kuksa, spoon, ladle, lug etc. production. BLADE MATERIAL of the spoon carving tool is meticulously hand forged from alloy steel U8 (W1-7) - the stell is professionally hardened to 60 Hrc and the blade is razor sharpened to 22 degrees. Hardened high carbon, chromium containing low alloy steel has perfectly balanced properties for producing wood carving and cutting tools. It's high strength, wear resistant steel, which keep sharpening for long time of use. HANDLE MATERIAL of the carving tool - polished and stained with linseed oil oak wood. DIMENSIONS: Blade width - 0.8" (20 mm) Metal thickness - 0.12" (3 mm) Overall length - 12.2" (31 cm) Wooden handle length - 5.9" (15 cm) Handle diametr - 1.4" (3.5 cm) You can handle the tool with two hands. Ergonomic, long handle facilitates your working process. Weight - 0.44 lbs (200 gr). Made in Ukraine. Stryi Co., since 2009.