Demonstrate Marking Gauge Use

shoulder line or your motor shoulder line, you can use a marking gauge. And you hold it a little bit differently than a western gauge. Kind of between your fingers, >> okay? Okay. Put your thumb on the blade and it becomes very very stable and you can strike a really nice line with that as well. >> Awesome. >> Really nice hard Japanese steel. So once you get it sharp stays sharp for a very long time and it's just a really great layout tool. Anytime you need a marking gauge. >> I'm going to want to start carrying around a marking knife. Like this is one