Ive recently been looking for a new hobby and Ive been really liking wood carving alot so seeing this video really helps me to find the tools I need.

What you do puts a lot of smiles on people so I think you are great

Best breakdown I’ve watched yet. Thanks mate!

Really helpful video. Thanks! I'd love to see a video about sanding and the steps in between carving and finishing.

I spent years and years using a Victorinox SAK exclusively. But the flexcut Beginner set is a beautiful piece of kit for whittlers of all skill levels. Great video, 👍🏻

A very interesting video my friend. Thanks for talking me through all your kit. All the best Steve

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve!

Great video and really well presented information. Thank you.

Another really interesting and inspiring video. Again, very helpful info.on tools etc. excellent stuff. Much thanks. Steve U.K. 🌳👍🏻🙏

That's so insightful! New subscriber from me! I just started carving myself but for now I'm only using a dremel! My grandpa used to work and carve wood by hand and I want to keep his legacy going!

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Doesn't matter what you're using as long as you're being creative

Great video for a beginner and a more experienced wood carver! My personal preferences are the Drake and Hock Knives and the Drake and Pheils and Flexcut gouges! Of course, every wood carver has different preferences of tools, but these mfg's tools are superior to most other tools... Thanks for sharing your personal preferences and I totally agree with many of your choices!!! Stay Safe and Healthy!!!

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic selection. Cheers!

I would suggest using tools that have received the most reviews. Just like with art, the issue is not the painter but the brushes and paints. If you want to achieve excellent results quickly, don't limit yourself to the 'beginner' section..

I knew I’d regret watching this - now I *need* to buy more tools 🤣 good rundown though and nice to see a few of your go-to tools I already have like the flexcut detail knife :)

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, your need to buy tools should be first dictated by what you're carving. Sorry if I gave you tool envy hah

@georgelionon9050

4 жыл бұрын

I got a few tools but at the end 99% of the time I use a knife similar to 7:10. For many things, it's all one would really need. Due to it's curve sharpening is a little harder tough. I also "desharpened" the tip somewhat for safety reasons (otherwise just touching the skin would make an impact)

Thanks. Helpful. (Can you bring the music volume down a bit?)

Thank you po now I know toool that use incarving wood thank you I got perfect in my quiz thank you

How do you know how deep the sweep is? Is there a way to measure it?

Maybe you can help me, I'm trying to figure out how to inlay a tear drop shaped object into a peice of ebony wood as a gift for my wife. Normally im a power tool guy, but im stuck on this. Im worried a power yool even a Dremel wont be edge accurate for this odd 3d shaped inlay. im setting a peice of lapis into a square of ebony the top center of a jewelry box made of olive wood. But i am stuck on how to do it. The ebony is square so no problems on that i can use my router table to get that to a flawless fit... But thats why i chose that way in addition of the nice contrast i hope to get between the light olive wood and the dark ebony and the lapis

What about for pipe making (I’m a pipe smoker) such as detailing? I figure something smaller. Btw, great video.

@SymanWoodcarving

3 жыл бұрын

Some of those smaller Pfeil gouges may hit the spot.

Do you have a link for the V-tool that's recommended when starting out?

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Added a specific link in the description. Also, jokes, it's a 8mm not a 7mm.

Ahhhhhhhhh...now I need more tools!! 😂

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Only buy what you need!

Hey Sean, Thanks for the video! I have a couple of knives I'm happy with but I am severely lacking in chisels and gouges. Are there any chisels and gouges that you would recommend that come in a set/kit? Thanks for your time.

@SymanWoodcarving

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not one for recommending sets - I'd much rather buy a couple of quality tools so I'll get good use of out each one. Pfiel is a good place to start

@JoshuaDiamente

3 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving thanks mate, also I have a challenge for you; Nidoking! Would love to see how you tackle that. God bless✌️

These are pretty much tools and some that are similar. But which gouges do you recommend for beginners and which ones do you think are the most important ones?

@SymanWoodcarving

3 жыл бұрын

This depends hugely on what you are actually carving. In general, I would say the most important gouge is the v tool - I talk about it in this video. For me, my most important besides that are my smaller palm tools, as I work on small detailed pieces.

@abbasduman6963

3 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving How dp you find out which dedicated gouge you need for the carving?

Hey I was wondering what you recommend as the amount of tools for detailed carving that a beginner would need? Like 4, 5, 6 ? Chisels, palm chisels, knives ? I've always done carving with a knife for fun but I've been wanting to buy tools but would like to have the NECESSARY ones. What would those be ?

@SymanWoodcarving

3 жыл бұрын

It really depends on what you're trying to carve. I was able to be getting detail with the 3 beginner tools I reccomend here (v tool, knife, chisel). So I'd say that is what necessary. Everything past that just helps!

@Elpappydaddy

3 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving Thank you ! I really appreciate you answering to my comment. Keep up the content, it's great !

What about sanding/scraping?

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Sanding is pretty straightforward, just sandpaper, most videos on here I talk through the grits I'm sanding through. I just have some mini scrapers from Lee Valley

I'm so interested in getting into carving. Do you recommend starting with little chunks of wood? Maybe a beginners series that I could buy to get started that teaches basics. My confidence in my artistic ability is not very high but I would love to give it a try for awhile and see where it goes. Thanks for the rundown. Looks like you have over $300 in hand tools there. I like the Machamp pokemon the best.

@Owieczkin

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe try starting with wooden spoons? You can just grab a tree branch, and start carving. If there are road maintenance works going on in your neighbourhood, then you can even get some wood for free ;)

@zakmclaughlin8450

2 жыл бұрын

@@Owieczkin wooden spoons? For carving? Yea I gotcha

@Owieczkin

2 жыл бұрын

@@zakmclaughlin8450 you can start with: one carving knife, one gouge chisel, cut resistant gloves, sharpening stone (preferably diamond around 600 grit), leather belt/strop, polishing compound, and some oil. Feel free to ask any questions ;)

Hi Man these lil projects are incredible and I have been considering wood carving but off course before I start I'm trying to under everything I need, how long does it take you make baby Yoda or a Pikachu?

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Pikachu depends on the level of detail you go to, can be about 10 hours. The Baby Yoda that I carved was pretty detailed and was at least 20 hours

@christianespinosa6123

4 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving I see wow and are you constantly carving baby Yoda's to sell? Or is more of a one time thing ?

@miktmikleson4891

2 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving would you have any patterns for any of the pokemon?? Ive been inspired by your work and want to get into it. But cant find any patterns for anything what do you recomend to lay it all out?

That was great, thank you, as I'm trying to get into carving but, I still have yet to buy my tools because I'm so apprehensive I'm going to waste money for stuff I don't need. I just have to let you know that your accent is great, (like my ex-father in law🤣) but when you speak quickly and I have my captions on, I had to rewatch many times since I know you weren't telling people to carve with "salty woods" and the list of your tools are "tittie clovers" in a "ditch pack". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦 I promise you I'm not making that up, the captions were horrendously hilarious(of no fault of your own) but, I got a greatly needed laugh, so thanks again! Love your channel ❤️ Mayhap, you'd consider carving the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"? I've seen others attempt, but they come out all boxy and caricature like and you're work is very polished/realistic, so I'd love to see your version. Thoughts? 🤔😊 Happy Carving❤️

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I'm going to have to look at these subtitles, sounds hilarious. Any speech recognition system always struggles with the NZ accent. Probably not for a while on the TMNT but could be cool!

@Hbomb411

4 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving idk if the subtitles are the same across the board but if so, you'll def have a laugh! I hope you do make the TMNT! What's your next or current project in the works?

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Just started on a Jolteon.

@Hbomb411

4 жыл бұрын

@@SymanWoodcarving ooo very cool! I just started getting into the world of Pokemon, as my son turned 5 so he enjoys your videos too 😊 look forward to seeing it!

Music is kinda distracting here. I would either turn the music right down, use a low pass filter to remove all the low end which is clashing with your voice and or use something more subtle like atmospheric pad music.

@SymanWoodcarving

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

@abbasduman6963

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say just turning the music down would make it pretty much perfect.

@curiousgeorge555

2 жыл бұрын

For some reason I can only understand about half the words he says. Maybe I'm losing my hearing.

Name -Devdutt, roll ni-259, class-carpanter

Yep need more tools😂

I'm sure the video would have been entertaing and useful if not for the echo and music so I and lost interest quickly.

Can’t understand anything you say,, echo and music playing while you talk