Crown Tools' M2 High Speed Steel turning tools give turners a real choice. Big, stout handles are stained beech. Quality is excellent throughout the line. Another feature of Crown Tools, one we've come to expect in everything they make, is terrific value for the price.

A sufficiently flexible tool, applied with moderate pressure to end grain, will bend and bounce off the wood, cutting intermittently and leaving a textured, patterned surface. Such vibrating cuts add a layer of rich detail upon close-up inspection of a turned object.