The old German turner would recognise our tools and use of them so we've not come that far, it's more a case of modern metals than new designs.
I see he used a Continental gouge to turn his bowl, but like us he had a long grind with swept back wings (so nothing new in that then!)
Did he really use a skew on a bowl as a cutting tool, not a scraper?
Then to clean up his internal face that rather strange but recognisable hook tool.
As for the second film, I think an awful lot of turners both professional and amateur would take exception to their statement 'It's a dying art.' Not that you can call what they were doing 'Turning.'
