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07-02-2008, 09:45 PM
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 I just had to tell someone. Well I've been saving my $$$ for a while and today I drove the 70 miles to the nearest Woodcraft store and came home with over $300 worth of Swiss Made tools. I've been using a Flex Craft set for the past few months since I started carving and decided to get some tools that I could use a mallet with. When I got home I took a piece of Tupilo a friend gave me and started to work on a dragon. I used some of the new tools and they work great, but I still used the flex craft for some of the smaller work. I guess one thing I learned was that I must be sharpening the tools right since the flex craft cut just as well as the new swiss made. I really do like the balance of the new tools.
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07-02-2008, 10:56 PM
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| Re: I just had to tell someone. Congratulations on the new tools! Tupilo may not be the best wood for using those tools however, it is more a wood for power carving. Basswood, Butternut, Walnut, Pine, Mahogany or a host of other woods you may find work better with the new tools. The Swiss made tools are my own personal favorites, they just have such a nice feel and cut so well. A real joy to use. Enjoy them in good health, they should last you forever. Bob
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07-07-2008, 05:50 PM
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| Re: I just had to tell someone. Thanks Chucht, the name comes from my business, I'm a retired Arborist and spent a lot of time treating diseased trees. Sometime when your successful bringing a tree back to health it seems like a Wizard was at work.
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