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I am shifting to more and more aspen because of availability. Please be aware that Grinling Gibbons the famous wood sculptor from England favored Aspen also.
Hampton Court which housed many of Gibbons work had a large fire recently which unfortunately barbecued a lot of his work. David Esterly...

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If you are not using them and I pay for the shipping, would you consider donating them for a class for students to use?...

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How do you like that Jaw vise that is holding up the bust you are carving. Is it sturdy enough to handle large roughing out gouges and mallet blows?...

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what I do on all gouges is simple. I use the lowest bevel the gouge steel can handle while still maintaining a reasonable durable edge. If the set angle from factory is too high, then the lower the grip a little until I can see the bevel getting wider after sharpening on a stone a few times....

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How about Murphy's wood soap?...

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pretty good for the first project. Recommend next that you start with a longer piece of wood with an extra four inches that you can use for a handle. That way you don't have to hold on to the carving itself and put your fingers in danger of getting sliced! You will be able to cut more securely without...

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I do have a Helvie that I don't particularly prefer over other knifes and may go ahead and do that with a two year waiting list....

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I agree with you completely. I do very little whittling although i do use a long knife when carving around eyes. I cannot see spending more than ten bucks for a good hardened and tempered blade then glue and rivet on a handle....

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I highly recommend Mastercarvers wood carving sets.They are specifically designed for relief carving. They have been reviewed by Chris Pye who seems to like them. You can search reviews in this same forum from ten to 12 years ago. They average ten dollars a tool in US dollars. They are available in...

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It works very well and I have saved many tools that have come from the factory poorly hardened and tempered or with second hand tools that have been ground down to softer metal from years of use. This has really increased my armamentarium of great tools to experiment from. In addition to your great...

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What I see many knife making sites do now for tempering is putting the tool in a toaster oven at 400 degrees for half hour for one or two times. It seems much easier for progressive hardened tools that are softer at the back than the edge.

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Mpounders I like the golf club handle....

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Steve Reed where can you get the urethane for making the mallet? I really like the Wood is good mallet and I have three of them. HoweverI want to design my own mallet that i believe is not on the market....

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I actually went to short wood carving courses in Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. They use the mallet a lot more that we do here even for very light work.
What kind of mallet do you suggest for arthritis hands and wrists?

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In Asia they use square mallets if the work is sitting flat on the table like a relief carving and the round mallet for an upright carving like statues....