[Woodcarver] Help again with tools!

[Bill Judt]

Chris:

Here is the selection of tools I recommend for beginning relief  
carvers. The prices are Canadian, and about 8 months old.
My supplier of Swiss tools is Rick Wiebe, out of Kelowna, B.C.

But there are other tools suppliers with other brands of tools that  
might be closer to you and offer good prices. I suggest Swiss, Henry  
Taylor, Two Cherries, Hirsch, and Stubai tools. These are most easily  
available in North America by reputable dealers.

There are other good brands as well. But be prepared to "invest" in  
quality tools.

My supplier: http://www.woodcarvingbiz.com/index.htm

1F/16                    29.75
1S/8                     24.25
3/20                     31.25
5/8                      24.25
7/6                      24.75
7/14                     27.00
9/5                      24.75
9/10                     27.00
9/15                     31.75
11/3                     27.75
12/3                     28.25
12/8                     32.25

Total                333.00

Blessings and Peace,

Bill

My books are for sale at: http://wwwoodcarver.com/Books/index.html
W.F. Judt,
46 Harvard Cres,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
S7H3R1
PH: 306-373-6649
bjudt at sasktel.net
Website: http://www.wwwoodcarver.com






On 30-Jan-08, at 10:23 AM, Chris wrote:


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> Hi Ya Everyone,

> Just wanted to say Hi! Hope all is well in your neck of the  

> woods :)   I think I have mentioned in the past on the Woodcarver  

> Digest that I had bought some carving tools from Ebay.  Well as it  

> turned out when they finally got here, all the people who warned me  

> of this were right?  They finally came and are terrible tools.  It  

> is a set made by Hawk, cheap Chinese junk I believe.  The tools are  

> made of very very rough steel which I have found aren't sharpening  

> very well.  I am back to the beginning again due to the waiting and  

> the very poor tools. So I am wondering if I can get some help again  

> as good tools make good carvings?  If so, What tools should I get to  

> start trying to carve with?      Sharp tools being the key to good  

> carvings.  I am not sure which size of gouges, skews or V tools I  

> will need and possibly a stab knife and chip knife for relief.  I  

> don't think I will be doing any large carvings.  I would like to do  

> some small to medium size relief carvings and some "in the round"  

> animal carvings that I have some patterns for that will only be  

> about 5 to 6 inches long and I believe require layering of 3/4"  

> boards of 3 to 4 layers.

>     I guess the major problem for me is which sizes of tools to  

> get.  Should I be getting detail tools for the work I want to do for  

> now?

> Again I am very confused as to where to go now as this debacle from  

> eBay has definitely set me back and have to start all over again.  

> All I have is the very awesome Ron Wells bench knife I got from Jan  

> such a great knife.  I don't have alot of money to spend as I have  

> been off work doing the full time Daddy thing with my son :)

> I hope everyone who helped before will give me pointers once again

>    Hope you can get me started...AGAIN ;)

>

> Chris Huggins

> Collingwood, Canada

>

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