Xyloglyphy, Wood Carving

• A special screw for fixing work to the workbench, and a mallet, complete the carvers kit, though other tools, both specialized and adapted, are often used, such as a router for bringing grounds to a uniform level, bent gouges and bent chisels for cutting hollows too deep for the ordinary tool.
Terminology
• Gouge: Carving tool with a curved cutting edge. The most used category of carving tools.