its for a particular type of carving
A riffler ?
Are you…
An equestrian dental hygienist?
Bone/ivory carving?
Nope, nope and nope
Spoiler
(or a really bad picture)
Oh now wait a minute - I was going to say linoleum cutter, and I haven’t looked at the spoiler yet - is that it?
no sir e
Looks like some kind of scoring tool. . .
Score
ooooOOOooo. There have been threads about trying to do that with a GF.
It’s relatively small, and with a wooden handle only a small amount of effort is required.
Not to be hit with a hammer !
You’re producing a small moulding with a drawing action, in a relatively soft material, around the inside of a curved surface ?
A checker ? Pistol grip ?
Think that’s it!
This is great, but I really must go and do the dishes !
Ding! A checkering tool for carving gun stocks
Next…
Checkering tool for making the diamond grip pattern on a gun stock (or other wood surface).
EDIT: Need to reload page before posting
Not really unique, but here is one that used to be ubiquitous in sign shops, and is now just about obsolete (even though it still functions perfectly).
Hint: I have shared a video here on the forum where I say the name and use the tool.
Looks like a tracing wheel used in sewing and needlepoint.