V Gouge

[Skeeter Lewis]

Tandy sells these two v gouges. Do pards have views on their relative merits?

[ChuckBurrows]

I've use done like the upper one for 40+ years and love it - the lower one I tried and didn't like it but others I know do....

[Biscuit Joe]

I have both.
Don't use them very often though.
I like the handled one the best. It lets me see where I'm cutting better.
The silver one reminds me of using a wood plane.
I don't like wood planes. 

[Cliff Fendley]

I have the upper one and a friend has the bottom one in his shop. I prefer the wood handled one better but maybe it's what I'm more familiar with. They both work.

[KidTerico]

I have both and I definitely like the wood handle one best. Never use the other one. KT

[Bugscuffle]

I have not used the handled one, but I have used the "plane type". It works O.K. if you draw out your line on the leather first, but you still have to hold your mouth just right to get it to cut straight.

[Mogorilla]

Fan of the top one, never tried the lower one.

[knucklehead]

i have both.  haven't found right tongue to mouth location to use bottom one correctly.
the top one works with no tongue to mouth location

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Fan of the top one, never tried the lower one.

+2

[Skeeter Lewis]

Thanks, pards. I've ordered the handled one.

[bedbugbilly]

I couldn't word it any better than Bugscuffle . . . I have the lower plane style and it just takes up space in a drawer.  I don't need one often, but when I do, I use a well honed V gouge from some wood carving chisels i have.  For me, a handled groover just gives you more control . . . . and I don't have to hold my mouth "just so".