[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

I have some chisels and made a tool pouch for them, problem is, the ends are exposed when you unroll the pouch and a good way to find out how sharp the chisels are! :-X...So I decided to make caps for them. I sprayed the working ends with release agent and then dipped them in PlastiDip tool handle coating, some I had to dip twice to get the thickness I wanted.....they are a little tricky getting off the first time, but work great after that and make a really good protector. I have an extra wrinkle across one thumb from taking the protector off a tapered chisel ..while pushing the plastidip to get it off, it gave way all of a sudden and my thumb ended up on the business end..... :P...but the others went well, they have to dry for a day and after taking them off, I cut them to about 1/2 long and they look like a professional cap. Maybe better, because my Marple chisels for woodworking have caps that have corners and can get bumped and knocked off and lost easily....these seem to stay in place really well!

I used to have caps for my gun when I was knee high to a grasshopper.

so Rick are ya tellin' him to put a cork in it???

[oldbearx2]

Hey Hi Ho, wait that sounds like a song from Snow White. Great idea, I also use caps for my gouges and knifes, I went to a farm supply store and bought some clear plastic tubing, i cut it a little longer than the tool and slide it over the end. They have several different sizes so they fit a lot of the smaller tools, won't work on the bigger ones, so I'll have to try your idea. have fun carve oldbearx2

Harold

I was at one of the machine shops in my area this summer and noticed that all of the tools and saw blades that they sharpen are dipped in a vat of red plastic/rubber like substance and allowed to dry to protect the teeth and edges from damage. I have often been tempted to go back and ask them what it is they use. Unlike the substance Dave has this is only good for a one time use maybe two or three if you were careful putting it back on. Mind you if it wasent expensive to do it would be worth it. My tools take an terrible beating in travel because they bang together even in the tool holders I am forever honing and sharpening tools. Has anyone ever heard or seen this stuff.
Colin

[AlArchie]

Yep, the stuff the machine shops use is a flexible low temp melt wax. Don't know what it's called but I'd guess you could find it at stores that stock farm and machine supplies. Fleet/Farm down here....saw another outlet like that but different name in Ft. Collins, Colo.

Al

I did mine like Oldbear did his
Went to Lowes and bought some different size
crear plastic tubing
cut the length of the shaft
and slipped it on the gouges
also have it over my knife blades
works great
tools stay sharp
and I get to keep my blood

Have a plastic container by rubbermaid that i drop everything in and this into a canvas tool bag if I want to take them somewhere
This is the way I used to transport them to the carving club meeting when I lived in texas City and was close enough to go to club meetings

It's easier to buy bandaids

[Kenny_S]

But hurts more! Seen the stuff Dave talked about and seen it on the handles of screwdrivers and other handles. Never in my feeble mind would have thought to use it on the business end of gouges. I use the plastic tubeing like others. Problem I have with them is they make the tool ride hiher in my tool bag. Need to make something different. Did notice the unfinished box at Littleshavers and thought that to be a great addition to Ricks Beginners kit. What you get in it, ya can't beat the price. most carving gloves are price at about 2/3rds of the kit. Maybe my little prettiful Granddaughter will be reciving this for her birthday next year.

Thanks again Rick for your online Catalog. Spent some time looking at it.

[Donna_T]

Hi guys,
I just buy lengths of clear plastic tubing to match the blades of my carvings tools--and cut the tube long enough to stick out about 1/2 ' beyond the cutting edge of the gouge. The other end I just work until it fits snug on the shank or handle. That way it protects the whole length of the metal part of my carvings tools.

The tubing is easily found in hardware stores/lumber yards/farm supply aroundhere. And it's cheap--just pennies per foot. And it is clear so you can see exactly which tool it is inside. And it can go in a box, toolbox, or tool roll.

Donna T