About wood carving.

Sometimes advice is just advice. Don't take it as is! I want to get into wood carving. The satisfaction can be huge as long as you use the right tools that are sharpened properly.

I did make the mistake of listening to the advice of some wood worker who posted his opinion, that getting into wood carving is not for everyone. "don't be like all Americans and buy the best tools from the get go". That's what he said. I learned the hard way that he is wrong. This advice may work for other topics in wood working but will not work for wood carving. If you don't have the right size tools that are sharpened properly you will be unsafe, the results will be bad and you may think that carving is not something you like.

There are wood carving sets from $30 to $400. I bought the $30 one. What a disappointment. Poorly made in China. The chisels were not sharp. One of them had a loose blade that I had to glue with epoxy. The handles were too short to work safely. $30 thrown out because I was trying to start with modest tools.

My advice don't do that. Watch a few woodcarving videos on you tube and see what tools they are using. Also watch their fingers and see how many scars or band-aids they have on their fingers.

I recommend Mary May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43dLqrKV9OI