Flexcut Wood Carving Tools | 21 Piece Deluxe Starter Carving Set | Includes 16 Razor Sharp Blades, Cutting Knife, 2 Ergonomic Handles & DVD | 1095 High Carbon Steel Blades | SK108 | Made in the U.S.A.

This excellent kit is available from a number of vendors but Amazon Prime had the best price at about $38US cheaper than other vendors (in 2013). I'm very glad I got it, and got it from Amazon. The Dear Woodworker(TDW) really likes this kit: he appreciates that it is a kit & all pieces can be easily stored in the good-quality box. The blades are readily accessed during projects in the holder provided for them; multiple blade handles make it convenient to have a few blades set-up & ready to grab during projects; the strop provided is a good starter strop, not great but certainly good enough. The dvd is a nice feature since "I'm always open to the chance to learn something". The blades arrived with a nice edge which is easily maintained. The strop provided was used one or twice as a test & was a success, but TDW prefers his own strop to keep the blades in top sharpness. The provided strop should certainly be sufficient for the beginning carver until the next investment can be made. As chief nurse of the family I appreciated the not-so-subtle reminder of tool sharpness: the little packet of bandaids that came with the set! ;)

This is an amazing set of tools! I have Pfeil gouges, two cherries and I have the flexcut deluxe mallet set. I bought this set just to have as a travel set, (I bought the tool roll so I wouldn't have to carry it in the wood box). I didn't expect to love it like I do being a beginners set. Let me explain why... These tools are much thinner than your standard gouges. Which translates to them sharpening like razor blades. Even though my other tools are just as sharp they don't slice as well in hard wood because they get thicker sooner. Anytime I'm working with really hard wood from now on this is my go tool kit. I can ease off thin layers at a time but overall go through much faster and easier. I love this kit! These tools do flex as the name suggests. It's a little odd at first but you quickly forget about that. Like I said, I have the deluxe mallet set as well, but being intended for a mallet it doesn't flex very much. These flex with ease with every push. At first I thought it would be a problem, but the project I was working on was with an unreasonably hard batch of poplar. So I was just playing with my new stuff and quickly realized this set went through the wood faster than my very expensive Pfeil tools. And I do keep my tools razor sharp. Bottom line, this may be called a beginner set, but it is a very nice set for an experienced woodcarver. One of the best purchases I've ever made for my tool collection. I will definitely be checking out more of these Flexcut products. I started with the carvin' Jack six blade and then got the deluxe mallet set based on how well I liked how the carvin' jack held an edge. The mallets tools are just as impressive. Now this set has impressed me even more. YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH THIS SET!

Not a nubee to whittling and carving- I have quite a selection of veiners, gouges and skews. I looked all over the web at 'opinions' on flexcuts products- those that love them, really love em. Those that don't like em, don't...but also don't share any reasons why they don't. (I can speculate that they also already have many expensive tools- and don't see any reason to duplcate tools they enjoy). I have and use my tools- but I also like to try the new. I side with the first group- love em ! Really like the 'spring' the Flexcuts give. Many (Many) times- as I have worked with a standard gouge... they will dig right into an area you don't want to carve. The Flexcut's seem to be able to stop cutting a little quicker when you let off the 'flex' pressure. The tools come SHARP ! The quality of the tools steel is suprisingly great. They come SHARP ( o- I said that already) and are easly stropped into sharp again with just the supplys given in this packages assortment. It is a little funny to see the blades- they look like they are made from metal strapping- but, again- the tools steel quality is TOP Quality. Nice assortment of Blade styles and sizes. Both handles are also good quality. These are REAL Quality Tools that anyone will have and enjoy for a very long time. I find that I reach for these as often as my standard fixed handled carving tools... some times more so, for smaller more intricate cuts. Bonus points for the DVD. (Though I fell asleep for the middle of it- I really was tired)...cuz he really does show you all of the detail involved in a relief carving. Promiss I will watch it again.

I bought one of these sets when I had a carving job to do and my 40-odd other carving tools were in storage in another state. I had never used the unhandled carving tools and I am not wild about them having done it. This set came with 2 handles in different styles and they are fine but switching tools is not that easy to do. I would want at least 3 more handles if using this set much. Of course including 2 handles keeps the price down and you get a lot of cutting tools for the money. The set is an excellent value, but of limited usefulness to me. I'll get around to making dedicated handles for the tools sometime perhaps, which would invalidate the usefulness of the case the set comes in. Flexcut includes some band-aids which is a nice thing for a carving set to have. These tools also fit some models of reciprocating power carving tools. I don't have one of those machines so I can't comment on how well they cut or hold up in that application.

super ciseaux à bois attention ça coupe comme un rasoir acheté pour la sculpture sur bois ,content de mon achat ciseau efficace et coupant je recommande mais attention aux doigts bien respecter les conseils d'utilisation

Pacco arrivato puntualmente, conoscendo di già questo marchio non avevo dubbi, contenuto ben organizzato con lame molto affilate pienamente soddisfatto

Great set. Sharp knives. Sensible design. Metallurgy is tough, professional and sharp. A couple of more handles will reduce the bother of changing the blades often. Go for it! Jose

brilliant, great little set

The set is not cheap, but then the quality is what you would expect from Flexcut. Everything is razor sharp and it is a pleasure to work with these tools. Highly recommended!