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Complete Starter Guide to Whittling: 24 Easy Projects You Can Make in a Weekend (Best of Woodcarving) - Design Originals
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Flexcut Slipstrop, for Polishing and Deburring V-Tools and Gouges, Flexcut Gold Polishing Compound Included, (PW12) - Flexcut
Brand: Fox Chapel Publishing
Chris Pye's Woodcarving Course & Reference Manual: A Beginner's Guide to Traditional Techniques (Woodcarving Illustrated Books) (Fox Chapel Publishing) - Brand: Fox Chapel Publishing

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Five Star Reviews:

71%
Worth buying.
October 23, 2017
My order arrived a day early. The packaging was very good and the actual box and tools is attractive and well done. Each tool fits into a molded compartment and the steel is covered by a pliable clear plastic cap. Upon testing each tool they are well polished and extremely sharp. The price was good and I may purchase another set.
I love the power grip tools
September 18, 2017
I love the power grip tools, this is my 3rd set. I carve very hard wood. And they work great
but very nice tools for the price
August 28, 2017
Not the highest quality, but very nice tools for the price, perfect for luthierie which is why I bought them.
... finished my first linocut with these and they are fantastic. Sharp
June 17, 2017
I finished my first linocut with these and they are fantastic. Sharp, sturdy and great to handle. There are a good variety of tool sizes and shapes in this set. I did buy another set of tool for micro cuts to give me more variety, but these are a true favorite. I am going to Japan next year and hopefully hit a few wood tool shops. These are good quality for the price.
Five Stars
June 2, 2017
great knives very sharp and easy to hold and use
these feel overall better than ramelson sets
November 27, 2016
these feel overall better than ramelson sets. better leverage handle than the palm style handles. better quality overall and better sharpness straight out of the box. not to mention these are cheaper.
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Five Stars
October 9, 2017
very nice book
Awesome book
September 16, 2017
Came before expected. Amazing book, well written, awesome for beginner.
Husband is happy
March 26, 2017
Very detailed and easy to follow direction.
Five Stars
December 28, 2016
Outstanding product quality for the money. Exactly what we wanted. So far exceeded our expectations.
Gift for son-in-law
December 27, 2016
This was recommended by someone that whittles and I am happy with it. It was a gift for my son-in-law. He loves it. Great quality
My favorite of mt woodworking/whittling magazines. I use this one more than all of the others combined.
December 4, 2016
One of my absolute go-to books on a regular basis. From small detail cuts to projects, this book is great for beginners and up.
63%
Works Great!
July 15, 2017
Works great, except for the fact the polishing compound arrived melted to the SlipStrop leaving it a very weird shape. It seems to do a fine job on my wood and linoleum cutters.
Awesome!
January 28, 2017
Product was exactly as advertised. Price was reasonable. Order process was simple. Shipping was so fast. A refreshing, stress-free experience. I would recommend Amazon to anyone as reliable and trustworthy, to buy from. Also, I really am impressed with the Flexcut knives, gauges and sharpening tools.
Sharpening Strop for Small Tools:
March 14, 2016
Flexcut SLIPSTROPThis product does what it's designed for, the compound they put with it works great.Easy to use light stokes work best. Produces that wicked sharp edge we need for wood working.Sincerely,Joseph
Keeps my teenager happy after years of use.
September 15, 2015
I totally didn't understand this thing, but my son's a woodcarver and he knew what he wanted. So we got it for him as a gift - he only uses Flexcut. Years later and he's STILL using this. Works great according to him. I'm just glad he's happy.
Knives Best Friend
May 8, 2013
My husband bought this to sharpen his Carvin Jack pocket tool and he thinks it is the best. It puts a razor sharp edge on the edges so he is very pleased.
simple, functional
May 11, 2012
Although they must make quite a tidy profit on this, it is worth it in the end. Great design. It is essentially nothing but a small piece of wood (cut to match standard woodcarving tool surfaces) and two little pieces of leather packaged with a small amount of solid rubbing compound. It serves the purpose it needs to serve as well as anything could and for its simple design, I give it five stars.
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Four Star Reviews:

15%
Inexpensive but good
October 27, 2017
If you are looking for a good inexpensive set of tools for printmaking, these are great. Well rounded hands. Easily controllable. Have not found a down side. Love that they come in a case
Good quality
July 29, 2017
Good quality
Four Stars
July 21, 2017
good quality
Nice set.
April 5, 2017
These are super sharp and well put together. I'm not sure how long they are supposed to stay sharp. Found little divots in the blade not sure if it was my fault or not. I'm new at this so it could've been my hacking away.
but they seem to work great. They are well made and I consider them ...
March 22, 2017
These are my first carving tools so I don't have anything to compare them to, but they seem to work great. They are well made and I consider them a good deal for the price I paid. For someone who is just getting into printmaking, they are ideal.
Great for the Money!
November 29, 2016
Several very useful tools in this set! Good edges on most. Used a couple on basswood and found them to work well. Great for the money!
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Four Stars
April 17, 2017
good
Great beginning projects by a number of different contributors so ...
February 21, 2017
Great beginning projects by a number of different contributors so that you can see a few different styles of carving. I wish there was some more information on how to make some of the cuts for some of the more complex projects, but it just may take some practice. For the price, this is excellent.
Four Stars
February 20, 2017
Wish there was more material in it but overall great starting book
I really like this book
January 31, 2017
I really like this book, but I gotta say, the "5 minute owl" is taking me a lot longer than 5 minutes to whittle... ;-P
Pretty decent.
January 5, 2017
Pretty decent book as far as wood carving books go. Well worth buying.
Four Stars
November 6, 2016
Great introduction to a new hobby
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Flexcut
August 29, 2017
Fairly decent, but I am not having much success in mastering the unusual material. It seems rather odd.
I had a issue with mine where the red paint ...
March 1, 2017
I had a issue with mine where the red paint on the wood part rubbed off on my compound instead of the compound rubbing on the wood but once all paint was gone it wooked
is fine for my fishing knives and kitchen knives
September 22, 2016
Recently purchased a set of flexcut knives and gouges, and the only thing I had to sharpen them was a diamond stone. Which, is fine for my fishing knives and kitchen knives, but not for these knives and gouges.Well, I have an old 1/2in chisel I ground into a round gouge YEARS ago (12+), and decided to put it through the SlipStrop. I re-ground the grove and the outside portion, then took it to the diamond stone to get a sharp edge. After 3-5 minutes, the very rough diamond stone grinding became a highly polished finish.Ive only given a 4 star because the polish broke very easily without a lot of pressure.
For super sharp edges
August 21, 2016
For putting a very very fine, keen edge on your carving tools this is a very good set. I like that there are various shapes of strops to fit the most common shapes of hand wood carving tools. This will not take the place of sharpening stones. This is for that last little bit of sharpness that your blades can get. As wood workers know, a sharp blade is easier to control, requires less effort, and reduces or eliminates tear out.
Easy to use and maintain knives
April 3, 2016
It will not get out any burs in the metal, but it will hone the edge. The various shapes fit the palm tools and the flat works great for the knives. Very easy to use and maintain the knives.
Does the job
February 22, 2014
This slip strop doesn't fit any tool exactly, but works for everything. I can't imagine how many curves and fees it would need to fit all the different tools available. So, if you polish one side of the v-tools at a time and gently move the gouge leading edge from side to side while pulling it the length of the curve that fits best, your tools will become sharper from the polishing. This is basically a block of wood. If you have a tool with special polishing needs, you can make a custom honing block out of scrap wood from around the shop. This one does well for what I need so far.
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Three Star Reviews:

5%
They are ok
March 5, 2017
They work, but definitely can't get a good rhythm going. Good blades ain't cheap, but it's a good starting set for widdle carving
Good steel but slightly undersize handles
December 7, 2016
Good quality tools with a well-thought-out sharpening system. The handles are a bit small for my large hands but they take and hold an edge well. Nice storage box.
These tools are extremely nice upon arrival
June 22, 2016
These tools are extremely nice upon arrival. They are so sharp they can easily handle any task and the grip is awesome and the blades are covered with rubber coating so that you can protect sharp blade from accidental damage.I used these tools to carve my "chaos eater" sword replica and it was a 1.13 m length pine wood sword with some awesome engravings but some chisels broke of tiny tips of their sharp bevel and when such thing happens you can no longer comfortably peel of the wood chips as before. Rounded bevels became dull the first, maybe because I used them a lot. Then i switched to straight ones and finalized the carving and if the blades remained as sharp as they were before I would give it a 5 star without second thoughts.So if you buy these chisels do make sure that you have some proper sharpening equipment and honing material, because I tried to sharpen them at 400 grid wet stone and although i reached some level of sharpness they were not as sharp as initially. I guess I must try sharpening stones which have 4000 and 8000 grid and diamond stones are the best what I've heard so far.Anyway, if you can handle sharpening, these babies are quite cool. And also I included a photo of the sword that I've carved with these tools.
good for small projects but chipped quickly
March 10, 2016
They were okay .. good for small projects but chipped quickly.. I would say good for small detail projects
Three Stars
July 1, 2015
Not happy with it, lose sharp after 10 minutes of use.
Three Stars
February 17, 2015
Angle of the cutting bevel seems to 'steep'. But I have not used much yet.
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Three Stars
September 11, 2017
Easy to work with
its a good book but may as well use the Internet
October 13, 2016
It does have some interesting projects in here but only a few otherwise it's better just to look for the things online. It's nice having a physical copy of something though. The book itself is nice quality
Three Stars
September 26, 2016
other than the projects on the cover the rest are very mundane and basic.
Three Stars
June 24, 2016
Ok
Cool Designs
February 2, 2016
I ordered this book because I thought it might be fun to do with my son. It was on backorder so took over a month to get to me. The book is smaller than I thought but well printed on quality paper. It's a book that will last a long time. There are a lot of designs to try and minus a few they seem like fun, easy, starter type projects. Each design has written directions as well as the steps in pictures. I wish they would have put more pictures. Sometimes they skipped two or three steps between pictures and it would have been nice to see how they did some things. Overall, however, I'm pretty happy with it and excited to try carving a wizard on our next campout!
Goof choice from current books on whittling, but I long for better from this category
October 24, 2015
Had on my wish list, and wife got it from Amazon for my birthday this week. It has some interesting projects, as much as any other of the six newer books I have on the subject. But if you like whittling and want an inspiring book, try to pickup a second hand copy (here) of "Whittling and Woodcarving" by E.J. Tangerman (c) 1936, its full of many, many examples from an era when whittling was much more popular. Unfortunately, it only has instructions for a lesser number of the projects, and some of them are challenging. However, seeing the vast greater quantity of examples in that book, I long for someone to write a book with instructions for a greater range of more challenging whittling projects as seen in that book. Whittling is a step in the right direction, but I'd like to see a turbo-charged version of that book.
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Three Stars
May 13, 2017
works as stated
Three Stars
April 19, 2017
Kind of cheap feeling and looking.
Three Stars
February 18, 2017
Not what I expected, but seems to be helpful once you learn how to use it.
Three Stars
February 5, 2017
Not sure yet, whether it was worth buying it...only covered with leather on one part of surface.
gettin the edge
January 6, 2017
works ok leather pad has some ridges making it not as smooth as it should be
I bought this because of the Flexcut Name
August 31, 2014
It's not all leather. The dark portion is stained wood that is cut in shapes (angle, V, rounded, etc). The leather part appears kinda cheezy so I'm concerned that I will wreck it. I haven't. I would like to watch someone use it who knows what they are doing. I own Flexcut carving hand tools and they are the best so I bought this for the tools. I'm so-so on it.
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Two Star Reviews:

5%
Nice shape, and holds well in the hand
April 7, 2017
Nice shape, and holds well in the hand. The metal is too brittle to hold up to hardwood. Right away the chisels chipped when using them on cherry. I will only be able to use these for softwood. Pretty disappointing, but as always, you get what you pay for.
I have found that these aren't made from the best steel.
November 9, 2016
Unfortunately, I have found that these aren't made from the best steel.
The other tools were fine and very sharp
August 18, 2016
One of the tools was loose at the handle. The other tools were fine and very sharp. I would have given it a 4 or 5 if not for the broken one.
The handles are nice and comfortable but unfortunately that doesn't make up for ...
June 11, 2016
While these carving tools came sharp in the package, I quickly discovered the metal to be too soft. After one night of use, the edges were beginning to chip. Sharpening didn't take long but the edges deteriorated just as fast. The handles are nice and comfortable but unfortunately that doesn't make up for the low quality steel. I did not once use a mallet. I only used the force of my own hands. These would be excellent with some better quality steel. If you plan on using these once and never again I would recommend. If you plan on repeated use, look elsewhere.
fine
October 4, 2015
They were sharp but one had a wavy edge and does not cut to well
they are very poor quality. WOuld only recomend if you want to ...
July 31, 2015
I sent mine back, they are very poor quality. WOuld only recomend if you want to carve balsa or soft woods. Even pine would be too hard. Cheap metal quality.
1%
Would not recommend.
July 20, 2016
Instructions are unclear and intended for advanced carvers. Would not recommend.
3%
Two Stars
July 2, 2017
Fair, the block needs to be larger
Two Stars
March 22, 2017
Do not waste the money.. find something better..
Not worth much
June 17, 2016
has very limited and small curved surfaces on which to hone curved gouges. overpriced and really rather useless.
Not satisfied!
January 9, 2016
I read other customer's reviews and thought this would be a great choice to keep my tools sharp, but upon receiving it I found that the Flexcut Gold compound would not adhere to the strop. The compound was hard, so I scraped some of it off and made a fine powder as recommended, It still would not stick to the strop. It worked well with this method on the leather, but not on the other surfaces. I've never seen a polishing compound this hard. I don't know if the compound was old and hard or if this is the way it was made. Other users seem to have a good experience with it, but mine is unworkable. If anyone has any suggestions that I haven't tried, let me know.
Not what I expected
May 7, 2015
The stropping compound was so hard it was unusable. It's been over a week since I requested a refund but I haven't heard anything from the supplier. I'm reluctant to ask for a replacement; expecting it to be the same unusable product.
Disappointed
March 28, 2015
The slipstrop, itself, looks pretty useful.The compound does not stick to the solid shape.It does remove the coating on the slipstrop and cover the compound stick itself.Who knows how long the kit has been waiting for me to buy it and the stick has turned to stone.Flexcut comes highly recommended but this particular item is highly disappointing.
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One Star Reviews:

4%
Broke after 1 use
July 26, 2017
Tool tips chipped and because extremely dull after one useWould not rec.
One Star
April 28, 2017
Came extremely sharp. Too sharp? They dulled after a couple minutes of use on soft wood
Not durable
February 7, 2017
After a few minutes of using one of the knives a huge piece broke off.
My Experience With This Set Is To Steer Clear Of Them !
January 27, 2017
I bought this set in Nov. 2016, but didn't start using them until today, Jan. 27. Within less than a couple of minutes, the first two sweeps I used broke right where the blade enters the handle. I was using them to clean up the curves in a 1/16" deep area I had routed for a small box hinge with rounded ends. I was using them with just normal hand pressure to slice a sliver of wood up to a marked line, not pounding on them with a mallet or using them to gouge out a 1/2" chunk of wood.I knew going in that these were not going to be the quality of a Flexcut set, but I certainly didn't expect them to break the first time I tried to use them. Each one broke in nearly a perfectly straight line across the blade. The end of the broken blades looks like pot metal, not how steel usually looks when it's broken. I'll be tossing these in the trash and ordering a high quality set after I post this review.
Poor Quality
June 13, 2016
Not high Carbon steel. Will not hold an edge very long. Definitely not appropriate for carving hard woods. Ok for bass wood carving, that's all.
Not worth it.
June 6, 2016
I found them to be of poor quality. I usually don't write reviews, but this purchased prompted these words.
1%
Disappoint How To Book
August 19, 2015
I am hoping that the contributing artists were were more revealing and honest with their inputs to this book and the editors just edited away all the useful information. The book in fact does give ideas to beginer whitlers but the how to is really bad. The book tells you what needs to be done but doesn't tell you how to. Very disappointing book.
2%
I wouldn't
July 21, 2017
This product didn't meet my expectations. It doesn't even work for all the Flexcut tools! For example, Flexcut has 45, 60, and 90 degree V tools. However, the slip-strop only has ridges for the 45 and 60 degree. I made a better one in an hour using a piece of soft wood and some better polishing compound. The Gold compound that came with it is very hard, making it difficult to apply to the strop. I found better polishing compounds that come in brick form at ACE hardware. Also, the leather that is on this slip-strop is terrible. It's thin, smooth, and brittle.
Junk wood
May 12, 2017
Junk wood
One Star
November 1, 2016
The Akua inks were spilled out of containers. Messy.
Item is useless.
February 28, 2014
Does not sharpen or even smooth my carving tools. I should have returned it. I would recommend it to no one.
Useless
May 22, 2013
I expected sculptured, layered leather. This is just stained wood roughly shaped. Don't waist your money. The rubbing compound does not even take on the surface.
Useless
May 4, 2012
Too small, cheap, badly made of soft wood, useless piece of kit, save your money and use leather covered wooden dowels 1/2 round coated with polishing compound. Might just work with small carving knives but no use whatsoever for carving chisels. Don't know why this has had any positive reviews as it is plainly a cheaply produced bit of tat (English translation; Cheap badly produced rubbish goods). Obviously there is a gap in the market for someone to come up with something, anything else would be better! If this "tool" is intended only for Flexcut tools it should be mentioned in the description. It's obviously not fit for use with anything else. Won't be buying any more Flexcut products.
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Features
Brand
Brand
Shinwa
Design Originals
Flexcut
Brand: Fox Chapel Publishing
Height
Height
47.2 in
355.1 in
39.4 in
436.2 in
Length
Length
283.5 in
300.4 in
224.4 in
337.8 in
Manufacturer
Manufacturer
HARIMA ENTERPRISES CORP
Fox Chapel Publishing
Flexcut Tool Company. Inc.
Fox Chapel Publishing
Product Group
Product Group
Home
Book
Kitchen
Book
Product Type
Product Type
ART_AND_CRAFT_SUPPLY
ABIS_BOOK
SPORTING_GOODS
ABIS_BOOK
Publisher
Publisher
HARIMA ENTERPRISES CORP
Fox Chapel Publishing
Flexcut Tool Company. Inc.
Fox Chapel Publishing
Quantity
Quantity
1
1
1
1
Reviews
Reviews
Studio
Studio
HARIMA ENTERPRISES CORP
Fox Chapel Publishing
Flexcut Tool Company. Inc.
Fox Chapel Publishing
Weight
Weight
1.8 oz
2.1 oz
0.0 oz
5.0 oz
Width
Width
248.0 in
10.2 in
202.8 in
15.0 in
Feature
Feature

Perfect "gap fillers" between palm handled and full sized carving tools

7 piece set includes - 3mm (1/8") #9 gouge,7.5mm (5/16") skew and straight chisel,

6mm (1/4") #8 gouge, 4.5mm (3/16") V-parting tool, 9mm (3/8") #5 and #3 gouges

4-1/2" handles

1-1/4" laminated steel blades

FOX-38428

9781565238428

Brand New Item / Unopened Product

Design Originals

Sharpen your V and sweep and U gouges to a razor's edge

Features a number of different profiles to match all of your different tools

Includes 1 ounce bar of Flexcut Gold Polishing CompoundKeeping tools sharp is the simplest and easiest way to improve your carvingMade in the USA

Used Book in Good Condition

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