[Woodcarver] Want to start carving - Addition

[Bob Mau]

To over come v-tool phobia.
1, buy a palm chisel v- tool
2. if you don't get it sharp keep working on it
3. still won't work find some one to show you
4. when you get it sharp completly dull it and start over.
5. keep doing it till v-tool sto shor to use

The concept is a palm chisel is $15.00 keep sharpening it over and over 
till you develope a technique that works for you.
Its only $15.00 think of it as a $15.00 class.
The bottom line is you can watch, you can read, you can view tapes, but 
at some point you have to do it. the sacrificeal v-tool
will be the best $15.00 you ever spent. if you start with the attitude 
that I will use this v-tool to learn. Then the phobia is a non problem
Bob Mau
Big rock IL

tberent at hotmail.com wrote:

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> All,
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> Thanks to all that commented on recommended brands of carving tools. I 
> think that I deflected from the real questions I was thinking of by 
> mentioning a specific brand.
>
>> From the carving sites that I have visited, I've seen several 
>> philosophies 
>
> on what a tool set should contain. One camp recommends something like 
> an 8 piece set with 5 different sweeps, a skew and V tool in it while 
> others recommend sets with 2 or 3 sweeps in a wider range of sizes 
> plus a skew and V tool. I can see advantages to both. As a beginner, 
> I'd like to buy the minimum number of the best tools I could afford to 
> get me started and add as my needs arise.
>
> And I've come across many different ideas on sharpening and know that 
> I'll have to find something that fits me. How do I overcome V tool 
> sharpening phobia?
>
> Tom Berent
> Christiana, TN
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