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This is the text of Phil Odden telling about one of his carving tools. The video footage is from Wisconsin Folks (1998) produced by Dave Erickson for Wisconsin Arts Board and Wisconsin Public Television.

[Voices in the background]
I have to have different tools for different things. And this is a “V” tool. With this I can make these cuts

[carves]

In Norwegian, this is called a “geitfot,” or a goat’s foot, because it looks like a goat’s foot.

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