Need some help!

[Elias]

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[Mitchell]

Welcome to the site Elias.

Read through some of the beginner threads - especially those with suggestions or recommendations in the titles....or seach using "beginner suggestions", "beginner recommendations", or "beginner advice".

You should get a good knife, a glove, and learn to sharpen. Try to find someone to guide you along (that's been carving). A club would be best.

You can "play" with that found wood, but it really will not be good for making anything. You should be happier with the basswood. You may just want to start out whittling some pieces without the intention of actually making something.

[Elias]

Thank you very much for the quick reply Mitchell. I do whittle , but I'll definitely seek out an experienced carver.

[Soggy]

Hi and welcome to the forum Elias. You are fortunate to have one of the best woodcarving supply stores in Canada just a short (I think) distance from you. You should be able to pick up basswood, any books or tools that you need from Chippingaway located in Kitchener. Here's their web address ........Chipping Away Dedicated to Wood Carvers
Wayne

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Welcome to the forum Elias. I would also check out www.littleshavers.com

Dave

[Donsexton]

The tools that you have are fine to make something. Do you have a mallet? The log would make a fine Owl and you could do that with the tools you have. Get you some fine grit sand paper to keep an edge on your tools. It ant the tools that do the cool stuff you see here it’s the carvers. You may think we all have every tool made and have expertise at using them not true. Draw a picture of the thing you want and make it fit that log.

[Elias]

Thank you all for your help.
Elias.

[mrgrouch]

for absolute beginners i have recomended to try a bar of soap so you can get a better idea of what your knifes will do, then i would go to soft woods before trying challenging woods, but i don't really know, i work more with stones, i haven't had as much experience with wood as most people in this forum.

good lock

cheers

[carver33]

Elias,

I've seen cheep tools that weren't too bad and others that were pure garbage. There's no way I can tell which ones you have, but I'm betting two things:

1. They probably don't have a very sharp edge - they will need to be sharpened properly before they will cut very well. Read some of the threads on sharpening and give it a try - start with the straight chisel first and the v tool last. With practice, you'll get the hang of it.

2. These tools won't be very good for Oak and Spruce. I'd suggest Basswood to start with.

As you progress, you can pick up better tools and progress to harder woods to carve.

Good luck.

[SeaLeveler]

The biggest thing for me was learning to sharpen.I now go to 8000 grit stone then strop with some jewelers rouge.If the chisel will shave hair it needs to go just a little sharper.Start with some basswod.Tony