I think they have corrected the bowl gouge issue, because I purchased the
bowl turning set last month and the two gouges were deep fluted bowl gouges.
I have used them sparingly so far but they seem to be of good quality for
the price. Like someone mentioned earlier, they might be sold on the Windsor
Design name because they look very similar to the Windsor Design set I got
from Harbor Freight.

John


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ps.com...
The problem with PSI, Benj's bowl gouges, is they are really spindle
gouges. At least that's been my experience. When I called to
complain, of course, the grouchy females that answer the phones, didn't
know what I was talking about. So, they put me thru to their "Turning
Tech Guru" (forgot his name), but, I may just as well have kept
speaking with the grouchy females. At least they admitted they didn't
know what I was talking about. This guy told me, like they told
you, that the problem would be corrected with the next shipment.
That was a couple of years ago. So, I see now, that was bull. At
PSI, they don't know a bowl gouge from a skew chisel.

My first experience with the "Benji Best" was the 6 piece set, at least
4 years ago. I liked them well enough that I thought I'd try another
set. Well, the quality wasn't nearly as good as the first set.
And, the bowl gouge, was a shallow gouge (read spindle gouge), not a
deep fluted (bowl gouge). What they did was reduce the price, along
with the quality, which is to be expected. Still, for the money, for
a first set, it is still worth the money.

I did buy 6 of their scrapers recently, & I think they are also a good
buy.

HTH,