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Old 01-20-2012, 09:28 AM
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Default Recommendations for starter tools, please
Hey folks, I have recently joined the site here, and my primary interests are in Twisted Sticks..... canes and staffs. I have just been finishing these with no carvings. However, I am interested in learning to carve on them..... and have a couple of Dremels, one with a flex shaft. But, I'd like to check out using knives and gouges, etc. ( I've used a Utility Knife a little). I'm a school teacher in south Arkansas, so spendable cash is kept on a leash, but I'd like to get some suggestions from you pros on starter sets, or tools that I could begin learning from. (This will help me make some pointed hints to my wife for my birthday! LOL)

Thanks for any and all help!

Kim Allen
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Old 01-20-2012, 10:01 AM
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Some of the best, (in my opinion). Drake Knives.com

Also a good deal. http://www.littleshavers.com/StartupKit.html

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Old 01-20-2012, 12:01 PM
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I second the recommendation for Drake.
GREAT chisels, you will love them.
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Old 01-20-2012, 05:07 PM
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Default Re: Recommendations for starter tools, please
do you see yourself sitting on the porch working with a piece of wood and a tool on your lap, or standing in the studio/workshop with a sturdy bench and a mallet ?
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ditto wDonkey. The tool choices will be quite different.
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I think Drake is top of line ......I prefer them to almost all my other tools.
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Old 01-21-2012, 05:59 AM
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Default Re: Recommendations for starter tools, please
Thanks, folks........ I've looked at the referenced sites provided and really like what I saw. It looks like I can get starter sets of knives and gouges for about $150.00 or less.

wDonkey, I've got a small shop area with one of those folding leg tables set up for my Dremel tools. Most of my carving is probably going to be with the smaller tools. I don't see myself needing to go to a mallet.

At this time, I'm starting to work with Walking staffs and canes..... some Twisties involved, but I want to learn to carve on them some. I can't even imagine myself doing some of the intricate work that I've seen on this site, but hope to get better as time and the Lord may allow.
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