Choosing the Right Carving Tools Without Wasting Money! 

If you like shopping on Amazon, I bought ALL the wood carving tools on there and listed the best ones here: carvingisfun.com/best-on-amazon/ If you are up in Canada, I trust ANYTHING Chipping away has to offer. They only sell things that are good and even I have paid extra to have things shipped down over the boarder from them www.chippingaway.com/cat/hand-woodcarving-tools-accessories/ Beginner whittling and Wood Carving Tools: Schaaf Tools - 5 Piece Beginner whittling and spoon carving kit: amzn.to/4d9Il2w - 7 Piece Beginner Carving gouge set: amzn.to/3UrL5kJ Flexcut - Palm and Knife Set: amzn.to/3Uu5KVn - Palm tool set: amzn.to/4dl0dIb Beavercraft - Whittling and Spoon Carving Kit: amzn.to/4aUZEme - Delux Carving Kit: amzn.to/3UCfFs5 Masatercarver - 10 Piece Carving Set: amzn.to/3UrLjs5 Mora - 120 Wood Carving Knife: amzn.to/3Uu62eV Kryshak Carving Tools (Was OCC Tools) - Carving tools: kryshakcarvingtools.com/ Deepwoods Ventures (Higher end but really good) - Level 1 Kit: deepwoodsventures.com/collections/carving-sets/products/beginning-carver-set-level-1 - Level 2 Kit: deepwoodsventures.com/collections/carving-sets/products/new-carver-set Intermediate and Advanced Carving Tools: Pfeil - 3 Piece Intro Set: amzn.to/3JtqeqY - 12 Pieze Brienz Carving Kit: amzn.to/3WrlsC7 Two Cherries - 7 Piece Carving Set: amzn.to/3UoS1im - 11 Piece Carving Set: amzn.to/3UoZEp8

THANK YOU for putting this out there. As someone with a LOT of hobbies, (wood carving, whittling, knife making, leather working, basic carpentry, bushcraft/camping, photography, vinyl record collecting, art and illustration) I hear this in every single one of them. Newbie asks about where to start and gets the expected "if you're not going to at least start with the Insert Highly Expensive Product Name Here then you might as well not bother until you save up"........... but I've started every one of my hobbies as cheaply as possible and worked my way up. Plus, in almost every case, there is usually a good middle-ground option you can find through research.... that thing that is better than the budget crap but isn't quite the pricey heirloom quality either.... find that tool and get every penny's worth out of it. I will also say, with any hobby involving cutting tools, learning how to sharpen properly and efficiently is one of the most important aspects and can even save you LOTS of money.

I love my Schaaf and Beavercraft tools so much, and then Badger State blades, even though I have two Helvie knives.

I've been lucky, I live in Switzerland where Pfeil is from. I've bought straight from the factory, and I once came across the six piece set second hand for 20$! I've also, unfortunately, seen them absolutely mangled in school workshops... (Btw, the P in Pfeil isn't silent, it's pronounced). Nice video!

Great video! You are so right about not needing expensive tools to get started. First couple years I used harbor freight chisels and still do over some of the more expensive ones.

After 15 hours of starting vwey new, i biut a $20 beavercraft wood carving knife and i now am doing realy nice ive made a staff with a hook at the end (billhook) and made an ok dagger as my first project

I'm a manufacturing engineer as well - and a woodcarver. Great channel. Watch all your videos.

I started with just a EDC folder (I started woodcarving by making walking sticks) - the rest of what I needed I found at a dollar store and went from there.

I got a carving knife for this it was 20 bucks and i havmt needed to sharpen it even after 15 hours of carving

those tool holders in the background are pretty nifty...great video 👍

Found a wild auto correct in the title!

I live in Canada, so my options seem to be slightly different. For reference, the only store I have physical access to is one called LeeValley, which classes their knives by country. You gave me the convidence to try woodcarving with more than a pocket knife, but I was wondering: is it better to buy tools in sets (as you showed in the video), individually, or in kits (2 knives, wood, and plans)?

Hello! I want to buy a double sided wetstone to keep my knives sharp for carving. My options are 1000/3000 and 1000/6000 wich one should I get? Also is this enough for casual carving? Thank you!

Thanks for the great info ..Do your homework instead of investing too much at first ..Thank you for sharing

No tool will stay sharp forever. Sharpening tools yourself is a must but they must be made from quality steel or they will dull instantly. TIP: Never pry with any kind of chisel or blade. I see it so often. Applying lateral forces to a sharp edge will curl the very thin edge. Always make a second cut to free a chip and you will spend less time sharpening and the tools will last a lifetime.

@5:08-5:30 Cheap tools for beginners... I'm a professional know sharpener and avid carver and have a different view on cheap for beginners. 👨‍🦳💁 Personally I feel cheap tools should be avoided at all costs, and I am very serious about this, and can give pages of reasons why cheap is a bad way to go. I would strongly suggest a "quality brand" to start with if "testing the waters" is your style (these are not high end, but quite acceptable) I like Flexcut as a quality entry, or a but lower and somewhat more clunky... Beaver Craft as the absolute lowest entry level tool. Of the two Flexcut sharpens more easily and hold an a finer edge better, and tends to have a better heat treatment across the board... this a going to become extremely important about 20 minutes into it as a beginner! Cheap tools get dull fast, don't hold an edge and take forever to sharpen just have it go flat in a few minutes... THIS is where the craft is loosing people and getting beginners wounded more than anything else. 🤨🤬🤬 For beginners both brands offer various intro kits and have acceptable steel and acceptable heat treating.. and you can mix them as you grow, thus cover gaps in tool sizes or handle types and shapes without having wasting loads of money. TBH I feel Flexcut is a big step up from Beaver Craft and will be noticeable after only a few minutes. The quality and kind of steel and heat treatment is where the magic really happens for any knife of any kind... literally, for any cutting tool and to ignore this for a beginner or misunderstand why a five piece "professional set from Pfeil or Two Cherries" is vastly superior to a trunk load of cheap aZon knockoffs is too ultimately unwind the value and need for superior precision tools. That said, as a sharpener I would much rather see a beginner buy a basic entry one or three piece kit from Pfiel's quality steel than a truckload of Schaaf... it will be the same price and experience will determine the outcome.