Freddyjersey2016
Established Member
I want to try letter carving, I recently purchased the Chris Pye 'Lettercarving in Wood' book, which seems very good; I already have a good selection of wood carving chisels & gouges, and a selection of joiners beveledge chisels.
My question is - is there any reason why I cannot use my existing single bevel beveledge wood chisels for cutting the straight components of letters -- Chris's suggested set of carving chisels for the straight components of letters consists of 7 chisels from 15mm to 45mm (for 50mm lettering) -- this is a hobby, not a business, so buying 7 woodcarving chisels of those sizes would be quite pricy!
Any thoughts?
My question is - is there any reason why I cannot use my existing single bevel beveledge wood chisels for cutting the straight components of letters -- Chris's suggested set of carving chisels for the straight components of letters consists of 7 chisels from 15mm to 45mm (for 50mm lettering) -- this is a hobby, not a business, so buying 7 woodcarving chisels of those sizes would be quite pricy!
Any thoughts?