Yes but look at the took and how it's held in the hand: you won't ever get a clean line from it holding is slanted to the direction of motion, that thing is meant to be pushed straight ahead...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2022, 13:19 Dan Eble, <dan@lyric.works> wrote: > On Mar 25, 2022, at 04:35, Luca Fascione <l.fasci...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > This video shows Hans Kuehner at work > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvyoKdW-Big > > > > at 4m36 shows beams being engraved, he appears to keep the instrument > > orthogonal to the line direction, > > It's fascinating, but those beams are nearly horizontal and Valentin's > concern is about steep beams. > — > Dan > >