[Woodcarver] Help again with tools!

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Don,

   Where do you purchase a Bud marrow Knife?

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[mailto:woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Don Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:28 PM
To: [Woodcarver]
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Help again with tools!

OOPS, Sorry Folks.
I didn't intend for my comment on the Murphy knife to be  negative at all.
It was my first knife and I used it a lot. Eventually, it became dull and I
tried to sharpen it using my medium(brown) and fine(white) stones. I didn't
have any luck so I bought a Bud Morrow knife. When it became dull I found
that I was able to sharpen it without problem. I have since tried the Murphy
knife several times and I just cannot seem to be able to get it sharp. So
there it sits unused. I am sure that they are a decent knife but others work
better for me. I now have several Bud Morrow knives and two Lee Ferguson
knives which I am able sharpen easily.
Don R


Don Robinson <oldcrowwoodcrafts at yahoo.com> wrote:
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Chris,
My two cents worth.
When I began carving about a year and a half ago, I was a complete neophyte.
Had never carved and  didn't know anyone who had carved.
I did a lot of research on the web and hung out at the Woodcarving
Illustrated Forum where I gleaned a ton of information. I finally sent an
email to Smoky Mountain Woodcarvers( http://www.woodcarvers.com
<http://www.woodcarvers.com/> ) with a tentative order and asked them if
they thought  those items appropriate for a novice carver.They were very
helpful.
My order comprised of a Murphy knife, a beginners set of Ramelson palm
tools, a carving glove, a thumb guard, a strop and compound.Total investment
around $65 as I remember. I have since bought a few different knives since
the Murphy knife I found difficult to keep an edge. I really like Bud
Murray's knives and I have several.
Since then, I have carved well over a hundred Hiking Staffs and walking
sticks, a lot of Christmas ornaments, Easter bunnies, Easter eggs,Mike
Shipleys Country folk , a few spoons and a couple of relief carvings using
only those initial tools.
Hope this helps
Don
Chris <tooker at rogers.com> 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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