Wood Carving

[StagLefty]

Anyone here into wood carving ? Looking for some guidance into knives for this purpose. Looking at Mora and Flexcut so far. Any help would be appreciated. Need to resurrect a pastime I enjoyed as a kid. Thanks.

[StagLefty]

Well after reading all the responses I decided to get the Flexcut starter set. Could have got the set locally from Rockler for $59 but found it at BladeHQ for $46. No wonder the internet is taking over sales !!!. Anyway looking forward to rejuvenating an old hobby !!

[StagLefty]

Well that didn't take long

[PSS]

Not much good for you since you already bought something but Pfeil if money isn't an object and Narex is a good economical choice. Pfeil tools are Swiss made and Narex is Czech. I don't think you went wrong with flexcut according to what I've heard. I'm not into woodcarving per se but dabble in building reproduction muzzleloaders and since I'm a cheapskate I use Narex rasps, chisels, gouges, and drawknife. Very happy with them. Good steel and great prices. Undoubtedly there are better tools, but at that price point you would be hard pressed to find them.

[StagLefty]

I did look at the brands you mentioned and settled on Flexcut for availability and cost. Plus they have a wide choice of tools if I decide to continue with this.

[ray1970]

In my defense, I would have responded to your original post but I only know two things about wood carving... jack and squat.

Oh, and I'm impressed you referred to it as "wood carving". Most guys your age would have called it "whittling".

[StagLefty]

In my defense, I would have responded to your original post but I only know two things about wood carving... jack and squat.

Oh, and I'm impressed you referred to it as "wood carving". Most guys your age would have called it "whittling".

That's okay Ray I have filed a sensitivity lawsuit on the internet just because !!! "Whittlin" (no g) is done with a dull jacknife and a piece of hard oak

[StagLefty]

Quiet Saturday night,some smooth jazz in the background,pot of coffee and sharp knives !! Very enjoyable !!

[Irving]

Run an experiment to see if you carve different ideas when listening to different types of music.

Nice mountain man by the way.

[StagLefty]

Run an experiment to see if you carve different ideas when listening to different types of music.

Nice mountain man by the way.

Thanks. I'd better stock up on bandages if I turn on the Stones