Just 'cleaned' it out, so this is easy - everything is laid out on the basement floor.

25 knives
22 palm gouges
3 intermediate size gouges
two punches (for making buttons)
glove and leather thumb guard
two rolls of athletic tape (for protection)
bandaids, 'super' glue,
compass, 5 pencils, flat strop, arkansas stone, diamond sticks, Flexcut gouge strop, compound, 3 rubber bands, three unfinished (and forgotten) small carvings, 7 scrap pieces of wood (approx 1/2 x 1/2 x 2'), pattern wheel, drill bit, toothbrush, scrap paper, paper towel (trash?), 6 business cards (3 mine, 3 others), old can of Skoal, 1 penny, 1 nickle, and wood chips....

I have more 'tools' than this, but these were the one's that I actually took around to carve with. This is entirely too much!I am in the process of reorganizing and want to have 4-5 gouges, 4-5 knives, and the Flexcut strop.

If you want to get rid of the skoal, I'll take it......

Ed will take the skoal but if you want to give away any of the tool put my name at the top of the list. I could never pass up free tools. LOL

I think I will keep the tools, just not in the box to take with me to carve away from home. A few need a little work to bring back to good condition. I want a 'home tool box' and a 'travel tool box'. Right now they are the same, and not all my tools will fit in the thing. I thought I needed a bigger box, but really I just need to reorganize.

As far as the skoal, I can't hardly carve without it! This can was in the bottom of the box, so I'm not sure how long it's been there. It was a little dry!

[lorax]

My tool odd tools that I dont show anyone, are tools I made myself. I have a chisel that is about 1/16 inch, made from a cut nail and a dowel. And a 'chisel' i made from a bandsaw blade and scrap of wood. The latter is actually interesting, I ground off the teeth, and sharpened the end down to a very low bevel. I use it to push through wood when a normal chisel will spplit the wood. I used to use it quite a bit when i was doing chains and balls in cages.

[Captain_Bandaid]

Tool Kit:
16 pfeil palm tools (1/8 to 1/2')
6 knives
1 Cape Forge mini-set
1 Warren knife set with various blades, including 2 bent
1 set of Japanese gouges (5)
Soft and hard Arkansas stones
2 stops
strop compounds
Several slipstones
Ceramic rod
about 30 various needle rasps and files
fine sand paper
Several hand made tools that defy description
Eye punch
bandaids
carving glove and finger guards
Several dental picks
Depth gage and dividers
El Cheepo wood burner for incinerating the fuzzies
...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.............

This is my 'to go' kit. I leave most of my stuff at home...hehehe

Other than the well known brand of tools that most are aware of, I allso have the following:
krazy glue .....for small finger cuts.
a bag of clay to practice a cut on prior to carving.
gummi bears....for me.
a dentist's tool for scraping out hard to reach places.
a palm nail driver to use as a mallet on larger carvings.
a picture of my first carving and one of a carving by a master
carver in this group . This let's me judge where I am at in my carving ability.

Whittlebit.

Way more than I need, but not nearly as much as I want.