[Woodcarver] Newbie question on tools

[Bill Judt]

Emily:

I'm glad you are interested in relief carving. It's what I do, too.

About tools:

Buy the BEST you can afford. In my humble opinion, though, $30-$40 will 
buy only ONE good tool. By "good tool", I mean tools from Henry Taylor, 
Swiss (Pheil), Stubai, Flexcut, Three Cherries, Ashley Isles etc. A 
basic set of 12 Swiss-Made chisels/gouges intended for relief carving 
costs (here in Canada) $300.00. A similar set from Henry Taylor (Lee 
Valley Tools) costs $375.00 plus taxes.

Marple tool sets cost substantially less, but are clearly inferior. 
They do not hold an edge.

If you wish, you may issue a call from tool suppliers who subscribe to 
this List to email you with links to their online catalogues, or to 
send you a catalogue. Do this on-list. It might help if you let them 
know approximately where you live. If you are in Canada, let me know 
and I will send you information about several good Canadian sources.

My second book "Relief Carving: Patterns Tips and Techniques" details 
the tools I use for my work.
For information about this book go to:
http://wwwoodcarver.com/ReliefCarvingTips/RelCarvTips.html

Hope this helps,

Bill
List Owner

W.F. Judt,
46 Harvard Cres,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
S7H3R1
PH: 306-373-6649
Email: bjudt at sasktel.net
Website: http://www.wwwoodcarver.com

On Feb 12, 2004, at 6:27 AM, RMAgency wrote:

> I'm thinking $30-$40 is a reasonable price for a first set of tools.
>
> Would anybody here recommend a brand or a supplier? (An internet 
> supplier
> would be good because I'm not close to any stores where I might be 
> able to
> buy decent specialty tools.)
>
> Thank you for your help!
> Emily
> RMAgency at bigfoot.com