Patent ID: 8708007

Claim:
A hand-held cutting tool for use in cutting a turning timber workpiece, said cutting tool comprising: a handle end, a cutting head, a tool shank disposed between said handle end and cutting head, wherein said cutting head is disposed on a distal end of a curved neck, said curved neck having a straight portion opposite said distal end that extends horizontally from an end of said tool shank, said curved neck further defines a concavity that extends from said straight portion and wherein said distal end is adjacent said concavity defining a spacing between said cutting head and said end of said tool shank, and said curved neck further having a bottom surface, wherein said tool shank is of a generally square cross-sectional shape that has a first width and a first height, wherein said first width is greater than said first height, said tool shank further defines a tool rest portion, and wherein said curved neck has a second width and a second height, and wherein said second height is greater than said second width, said cutting head includes a flat surface that is substantially coplanar to said tool rest portion and opposite a cutting head end adjacent said bottom surface of said curved neck, wherein said flat surface defines a centrally disposed bore for receiving a replaceable carbide cutter, attaching means to releasably attach said replaceable carbide cutter to said bore, wherein said cutting head and a length of said tool shank extend parallel to each other and parallel to a longitudinal axis.