The original Superflute HS1, designed in 1978 by Roy Child, has sold in thousands all over the world and remains the ultimate gouge used by most leading turners.

1/2" Flute. 5/8" Steel.

Made in Sheffield, England.

Tool length approx 9 1/4" or 233mm

Handle length approx 16" or 405mm

Overall length approx 25 1/4" or 635mm

Only Henry Taylor's unique combination of traditional skill, individualised production, Sheffield's best steel, overlaid with the necessary technology, can produce the wide variety of tools with precision of form and excellence of cutting edge demanded by skilled woodturners throughout the World.

Diamic brand woodturning tools have been produced in Sheffield by skilled craftsmen, from the finest steel for more than one hundred and fifty years. The manufacturer of these tools marries traditional hand crafting and forging skills with modern heat treatment and finishing techniques to give the quality of design, finish and edge retaining properties demanded by woodturners of today. Stringent control ensures that the best steel is selected. Each tool is carefully forged, correctly hardened and tempered, then hardness-tested to guarantee edge retention.