Hi all, said i'd stick these up so here they are!
Got my mitts on these today so at last I can start to do something woodie! Wanted to start carving as soon as I could because it is something I want to incorporate into some upcoming projects anyway and I can get going for not a lot of outlay (to start with!).
Following a few comments on here I was going to get a couple of Faithfuls to have a go with and go from there, then these came up at £20 something delivered I thought I may as well have them, not really one for sets but for me it's perfect to start with and experiment with.
Their cheap anyway but they were a bit less because I have got a couple with some dinks out of the handles and some of the ferrules are a bit pants but the steel is good, grinding centred on the v tools etc.
Of course I have only just unwrapped them but I took a straight chisel to some scary sharp and wiped its backside on a belt (this may or may not of been stropping) and took it to old bit of something in the folks garage, pine of some sort, and it cut well. Seemed to hold it's edge well as I randomly sliced until the majority was on the floor, edge dulling towards the end of this activity. This bodes well I think and I'm sure a good sharpen will only improve things.
The gouges and the v tools, erm, well the biggest straight gouge is like trying to carve with half a scaffold pole using a 90 degree stabbing motion! Only the sweep is much shallower, would of liked a more pronounced curve in these tools but hey, go to a smaller size apparently, we'll see but there is much grinding to do with no grinder (only the angle type!). V tools similar story, I realise they leave them like that so you can put your own edge on there so I have no complaints really just a lot of metal to remove on the keel etc so I can approach the timber at a slightly gentler angle!
I do like is the fact that this metal is there though, there strong, bit chunky maybe, but the steel seems good, overall i'm happy with these and can't wait to fettle the rest and have a go, which is what it's about after all so for the money verdict has to be bargain.
While I'm boring you all much more exciting is the record 52 1/2 A in great condition for £25, this means bench building time at last, just as soon as there's some skip raiding! Oh and some draper 'expert' (!) chisels, £2.50, aren't they lovely :lol:
Dean.
Got my mitts on these today so at last I can start to do something woodie! Wanted to start carving as soon as I could because it is something I want to incorporate into some upcoming projects anyway and I can get going for not a lot of outlay (to start with!).
Following a few comments on here I was going to get a couple of Faithfuls to have a go with and go from there, then these came up at £20 something delivered I thought I may as well have them, not really one for sets but for me it's perfect to start with and experiment with.
Their cheap anyway but they were a bit less because I have got a couple with some dinks out of the handles and some of the ferrules are a bit pants but the steel is good, grinding centred on the v tools etc.
Of course I have only just unwrapped them but I took a straight chisel to some scary sharp and wiped its backside on a belt (this may or may not of been stropping) and took it to old bit of something in the folks garage, pine of some sort, and it cut well. Seemed to hold it's edge well as I randomly sliced until the majority was on the floor, edge dulling towards the end of this activity. This bodes well I think and I'm sure a good sharpen will only improve things.
The gouges and the v tools, erm, well the biggest straight gouge is like trying to carve with half a scaffold pole using a 90 degree stabbing motion! Only the sweep is much shallower, would of liked a more pronounced curve in these tools but hey, go to a smaller size apparently, we'll see but there is much grinding to do with no grinder (only the angle type!). V tools similar story, I realise they leave them like that so you can put your own edge on there so I have no complaints really just a lot of metal to remove on the keel etc so I can approach the timber at a slightly gentler angle!
I do like is the fact that this metal is there though, there strong, bit chunky maybe, but the steel seems good, overall i'm happy with these and can't wait to fettle the rest and have a go, which is what it's about after all so for the money verdict has to be bargain.
While I'm boring you all much more exciting is the record 52 1/2 A in great condition for £25, this means bench building time at last, just as soon as there's some skip raiding! Oh and some draper 'expert' (!) chisels, £2.50, aren't they lovely :lol:
Dean.
