wood carving tools 12 box set

[Nika]

I noticed a wood carving tools 12 box set on Lidl site, £19.99 from 03/10/2011, posted as might be of intrest to some here.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_24590.htm

 

[Eric_Methven]

They look quite good. Very good for the price. I'll have to get some though to see how they perform Chrome vanadiun blades though? Will they keep an edge? Only one way to find out. Thanks for the head's up. On sale from Monday 3rd Oct.

Eric

 

[HillBill]

I'll have to have a nosey at those. Cheers for the heads up.

 

[JJJ]

Should be no problem with the steel, but the grind is terrible. Unless you want to spend alot of time reprofiling, they are best avoided.
In fact if you were new to carving they could put you off for life. Some of them have to be held vertically to make the cutting edge touch the wood. Then if you give the a tap, they just dent the surface. Some of the gouges move forward and produce a flat bottomed channel, not a V or U cut as their profile would suggest .
Its so unlike Lidl to sell tools this bad, I have assumed they have not realised how badly made they are , and so have emailed them. The alternative is that I have bought a duff set. I should know soon.

 

[RonW]

I bought this set and for around €20 you can't go wrong, I thought.
I have no experience in woodworking, but I tried this one and I thought they could have been sharper, yes.
I'll try to sharpen them and see what happens....