Hey RussL - guess what I asked for this Christmas. The Chris Pye sharpening DVD and Ivan's DVD set. Yaaaaahooooooo!!! Me can't wait. I hope this'll finally help me to get back to carving after the new year. Been totally tied up with house projects all this Fall that looks like they'll take us right up until the holidays to complete. I am so excited to get my sharpening station set up in the garage (my Woodcraft Horozontal wet grinder and my transparent Arkansas stone, and some slipstones) and get my gouges all sharpened up and get back to working through Chris Pye's basic relief carving book and projects.
I am hoping to learn a lot from these DVD's - if Santa decides I've been a good boy this year.

ChuckT