A few years ago my grandparents gave me this really cool set of woodcarving tools. They belonged to my grandfather who used them for, well, wood carving! I’ve seen some of his carvings and they are incredible. One carving that I remember well was a wooden ball that rolled around in a little wooden ‘cage’ . . . the cool part was that it was made out of a single piece of wood! There are some pretty unique tools in this set that have come in handy over time.

Now these aren’t tools that I use every day, or every week for that matter, but there are times that something in the set has been the right tool for the job. The set contains six wood chisels, two draw knives, a mini block plane, a hobby knife handle, and many blades for the hobby knife.

Probably the most used tools in the set are the wood chisels. These work great when I am working on something small and I need to make a groove, a small mortise, or something like that in the wood. Each chisel has a different shape to it. The shapes are as follows: a straight, flat edge with a straight shaft; an angled, flat edge with a straight shaft; a straight, flat edge with a curved shaft; a shallow curved edge with a straigt shaft; a tightly curved edge with a straight shaft; and a ‘V’ shaped edge with a straight shaft. Each of these have been useful in different situations. The one that I seem to use the most is the shallow curved edge chisel. Probably because it has been the sharpest here recently 😛

Some other tools that are in the set are the draw knives. I’ve used these a few times for shaping balsa and other little things, but I don’t use them too much. I feel like one of these days I will be like “Oh yes! I have little draw knives that will be perfect for this!”.

Another tool is the small block plane. This has got to be my favorite tool in the set. It’s not because it is the most used (which it isn’t), but it’s probably because it is just so small. I’ve used this in the past and it seems to work well.

And the last set of tools that are in the set are the hobby blades and handle. The hobby knives and handle together are pretty cool. There are some interesting blades that are in the set. Some of them look like they would be used like chisel and there are some blades that are bent in a circle or a diamond shape for unique situations.

This is a really good set of tools to have. There have been many times where I don’t know what I would’ve used if I hadn’t have had a certain tool that was in this set.