This
quality shallow sweep pattern makers gouge has a long, tarnished, but clean
blade (8 1/2” to the shoulders, and is fitted with a boxwood handle having a
brass ferrule. The “different” attraction of this handle is that it bears
the carving of a full length nude woman. She is over 4 inches high, and is
portrayed with her right hand on hip, and is holding a hand mirror in her
left hand. She is wearing only high heeled strapped shoes and a pill box
hat. An obvious medical condition is suggested by her hirsute breasts. This
is a great gouge, a great conversation piece, and a likely candidate for a
museum of medical oddities. Fine.
