[Ashbys]

Slackers !




Lol
Ash

[Kenny_S]

Back to the origial posting on this thread. Full size tools are a great addition to anyone's tool inventory but plam size tools can be used for larger carvings. One thing that I dislike about most article, the author fails to mention that other size tools can be used. What WE fail to understand also is that our fore fathers did not have the greatest and latest tool to carve with and they had some of the awsome carvings.
Mark is an awsome carver and have been to his site many times and admire his work but then I also admire Lynn Dougthy's work also and he uses a utility Knife, no fancy Addis or what ever.
So, one does not need the full size tools to accomplish a larger completed carving.

However Linda, grab those tools for $100. They are a bargin.
I have some full size but are used raely, Plam size and knives is what I carve with and I have carves some large carvings.

Not meant to offend anyone just an opinion! Larger carvings can be carved using plam size or even knives but full size may make it easier.

[Ashbys]

Linda
Sorry for not responding a bit better , had my head somewhere else ,
Kenny is right, but something he failed to say is although you can do a large carving with small tools, you can not do a small carving with large tools.
The 100.00 for the tools is a good price from the tools you mentioned, if you get them and they are not as sharp as they should be ,, take them to Rick .
It will not take you long once you use them to see what will and will not work. And that really is the test, if your carving is large and you have massive wood to remove, small tools will get you there , but for the work you spoke about doing, Mark gave great advice.

Ash

[Gary M. Peiffer]

After starting out with smaller tools and working my way up to various larger gouges, my advice is you can't go wrong with Pfeil Swiss tools. Yes, a bit expensive, bought I have built my Pfeil collection over the past eight years and my carvings have improved dramatically!

[Bartster]

lindal,


in my opinion i dont think you can go wrong with the swiss tools i have alot of them and find myself using them most of the time, just my 2 cents worth.

bart

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

There is no way she can buy that quantity of Pfiel tools for a hundred bucks. There's people who would kill their grandma for a deal like that, especially on the Addis's. They are exceptionally good tools and there's a good chance they are 100 to 150 years old.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Linda, thats about 12.00 something per tool, good deal I would say!

[Linda L]

Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the feedback. $100 is a lot to spend, but I kind of feel it's a one time situation that down the road I might regret if I don't take advantage of it now. Since these appear to be very good tools, I think it should be a good deal.

My mentor/friend has been carving and collecting tools for many years, and yes, some of these tools are very old.

I much prefer to purchase good used tools. Somehow I feel connected to, especially in this case, probably a few generations of carvers. I like to think that maybe a bit of their skill is still in those tools and may rub off on me !

The best part, is he has told me that if any of them aren't what I need or use, he will swap them out for the ones I do need.

He's a great guy, just hope I can make him proud as we start the process of me becoming a bona fide carver .

Thanks again for the input, I really appreciate it!

Linda