Time for a Shave?

 

Hans Karlsson Scorp (or inshave) — photo from the Dictum website.

A few days ago Chris Schwarz shared a post on the Lost Art Press blog about an old Estonian scorp used for general hollowing tasks.  Check out the post here.  Coincidentally, I had just stumbled upon the existence of this scorp (left) made by Hans Karlsson.

I may have to explore the use of scorps, shaves, inshaves — whatever term one prefers — in bowl work.  I have messed around just a little with a chairmakers inshave on large bowls; same with a travisher. Beth Moen had a very cool little bowl shave with her, but I didn’t get the chance to try it out or see her use it.

For certain designs of bowls, these shaves could be a good transtitional tool following the adze work, and in some circumstances, possibly the finishing tool.  For now, I just thought I’d direct attention to the similarity between the Hans Karlsson tool and the Estonian shave.  I’m looking forward to reading Woodworking in Estonia when it ships next month.

And in case one is interested, the HK scorp may be available elsewhere too, but here is the link to Woodsmith and Dictum.