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Chip Carving by Hand: How to Hold Your Knife and Cut Every Chip Type Correctly

By Laura

Type
Article
Level
Beginner
Price
Free
Published
2026
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About this lesson

Explains a light knife grip for chip carving and walks through each chip type (three- and four-sided, straight-wall, curved, free-form V-grooves) with blade angles for each. Also covers how wood choice and wall shape change the light and shadow of the finished pattern.