Affordable Carving Chisels
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Today I want to look at an affordable carving set from Narex. It uses to be that if a carving chisel was under $25 it was trash, but now you have options to get started in the craft.
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I've been a carver for many years and I absolutely agree .I usually shape those hopeless chisels for different purposes on a grinder and reshape them👍
My first chisels were flexcut, and I still love them
I can make better carving knives than Flex-Cut. But, theirs are pretty good and I'm kind of lazy, so I just buy them. I've not been disappointed yet.
Wow!! I was just looking at a set of these for some carving I’m wanting to do on a walking stick I’m making. Thanks James!!
I got this same exact carving set, come to TH-cam and this video is suggested to me 😂 Gotta love that algorithm
Lol ur talk about the harbor freight carving chisels made me laugh. My wife bought me a cheap set of carving chisels like that. I just smiled and said I loved them of course. I basically consider them hss blanks lol
I have that very set of carving chisels and a set of narex bench chisels and gouges, they've worked wonderfully for my small projects and carpentry for many years now. Good value.
Thanks for this, very useful. I just got given that exact same set of Narex tools as a present from someone who thought I might find them useful. Looks like I may have (yet another) hobby! Subscribed!
To have gain fans so far means they re very good
Nice Carving Chisels!!! Thank You James!!! Great Video!!!! Thank You Patron's!!!!👍😎😃
Thank you for the video, Mr. Wright. I drool over the offerings of veritas and Garret Wade and the like, but most of the time, hand tools are priced well above anything I can afford. So it is nice to see stuff that is of possibly good quality at a lower price bracket. It appeals to the cheap geezer part of my nature. My practice of going to flea markets and garage sales has meant that I have never paid MORE than 25 bucks for carving tools. Up here in Northeast Ohio --BFE-- farmers tend to be massive hoarders. When they retire, or pass on, or simply get tired of the missus complaining about the heaps of -awesome, antique tools- junk, bargains galore abound. My last score was a Miller's Falls No. 14c Plane for 15 bucks.
My wife found that set on the bargain bin at Home Goods for $15 and for that price they are great.
nice Find!
I am glad you tried these less expensive chisels. I am a begining and will probably only do any carving during the WInter months. During the warmer weather I have plenty to do outside, but I don't like the cold weather months and find things to do inside.
I already ordered some chisels. If I would have watched this video first I might have bought a set of these chisels. No more than I will be doing they will last me the rest of my life. (I'm 68) I know they may need sharpen more often, but to me that's just part of it.
I am glad you gave these chisels a fair chance. Some people get so high and mighty they only talk about the best and think everybody fits the same mold. I am glad you are different and fair. Yes, less expensive, Yes, sharpen more often, yes, not the same quality as the higher priced tools. But you were fair and I like that. Have a wonderful day!
When I started carving, I made chisels myself. And until now I am satisfied with them.
Thanks Narex and thank you Wood by Wright How 2
I’ve spent probably 150 on all of my chisels I have probably 60 pieces and they are really good stay sharp and are 1080 and 1095 steel
Pretty interesting! Thanks a lot, James! 😊
I need to search about options here!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I know lots of new woodworkers look at multi-piece sets for cheap (myself incl) but probably it would be better to just get 1 or 2 good ones then expand your tools over time rather than get a set of 6 or even 12 crappy tools for $25 (made in China no doubt lol)
Yes sir
I love my Narex bench chisels.
Been curious about their carving tools, I like the chisels. I prefer the steep angle, that's what my grandfather had and I learned on.
Great subject. Thanks James
Thanks man. This one has been on the list for a wile.
Thanks James!
Thanks for the tip
1:56 that's NOT a set of wood carving chisels, those are metal scrapers (intended to clean grooves and joints on mechanical parts), I guess the vendor misidentified or confused the product.
Czech made chisels are famous for durability in this part of the world (Eastern Europe), so no surprise there. They may have slight finishing issues for cheaper models, but it's good quality steel and that's about the most important aspect for chisels, I don't mind spending half an hour to polish a tool that I know I can rely on for years.
ya they are made by a Chinese company and several off brand companies sell them as carving sets. They have been frustrating would be carvers for decades with that set.
Awesome information..
I recently got the shrade old timer folding carving knife set thing, not bad but still need good set
Wow! You really need to get out of the basement more often!! Narex has been making those for quite a while!
Yup they have been on my list to try for a wile now.
ordering that Narex set right now thank you sir will be much better than my harbor freight set lol!!!
Enjoy!
I have these and I have strop often, but ok tools
Nice! I may have to carve out some time to look into those!
I have the proxxon reciprocating carver with a great deal of flexcut carving gouges for it,i also have the interchangeable handle for my gouges,then i have a massive amount of the old great gouges,i have nearly every size i can find. It is also a great deal of fun fixing up the old gouges,them if i do not want to keep doublers,i have sold for double the price i got them for. I have made a great deal of money fixing up antiques & selling them of sharp as a razor,even azes & hammers. So i do agree with you,but i would buy that set you are showing,they lo0ked pleasant to work with.
Narex Japanese style dovetail chisels are sweet too! Narex kinda kicks ass at everything they do
I am loving their stuff.
For Chisels and gouges, I find MHG to be excellent for between 12€ and 20€ a piece
You've done a service to new enthusiasts. Viewers who are on tight budgets ought also to investigate local-to-their-region antique tool collectors clubs. Such clubs are less about the collection of rare and valuable tools than the exchange of yard sale, estate sale, flea market, and auctions of general - interest type finds. Besides a few hours of pleasant, informative weekend recreation, a woodworker can come away with an armload of salvageable, high quality tools for $20 to $50 dollars. Tools restored to perfect function are more truly the possession of the one who does the work than the very finest new tool is straight out of the box.
Everything here in Switzerland is so expensive, so I was quite surprise to find out that Pfeil chisels were kind of affordable. Here at least, I guess they are a bit more expensive abroad.
right on. if you get them there the price is fantastic. here it is hard to get them for less then $30 a chisel.
Heh, that's probably because Pfeil is a Swiss company, no export/import or expensive shipping required :)
Thank you for your videos. Do you have a video on how to sharpen a chisel and other tools?
I have over 100 sharpening videos out there. several dedicated to chisels and supplement dedicated to different carving tools. All of them how to do it by hand quickly and easily.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo thanks! I guess I should have looked before asking
just yesterday i ordered a set of Stanleys from one of the big box stores, just needed the v tool was all.
I have been wanting to try those. heard a lot of mixed results.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I will take a few pics when they show up, looking like Saturday drop off, will let you know James.
I have a decent set of carving chisels but I do 95% of my work with maybe 4 or 5 of them.
I own literally hundreds of traditional carving tools from many of the best known brands. If you know how to shape and sharpen carving tools one of the best sets for the money is the Schaaf Tools either through Amazon or directly from the dealer. If you subscribe for updates with the company they will give you a 10% discount on your first purchase. There are a couple of professional carvers on TH-cam who have reviews on the Schaaf tools that are worth checking out. Again, they do require just a little more work initially than the Pfeil tools but the savings make it well worth the time. Maybe James will try a set out and let us know what he thinks of them.
I will have to add them to the list to try.
The Record Power 12-Piece Carving Set on amazon is 170$ and after using them I like them, they are built proper and hold a good edge.
That is another decent one that has recently come out. I have not had a chance to play with them yet. a bit more then then Narex set, but they are a bit better too.
I purchased this set on sale as well. Out of the box they were not sharp at all but after investing a couple hours sharpening the set they "appear" to work pretty well. I say appear because they were purchased for a particular project and I have NO prior experience with carving. The look a whole lot better than the Narex ones.
I'd love to know your opinion on Flexcut carving tools. I have quite a collection of those and find them to be very good users. They also seem to] hold an edge quite well.
The steel is not the best, but as long as you don't let them get too dull it is not an issue. I have a few of their knives and really like them.
How would you compare them to the slightly higher priced Narex set from Tay on your recommended list? That seems like a really solid beginning option due to the variety of knives and chisels.
yes the next jump up in price gives you a much better feeling chisel. if you have the money for it then that would be better.
Hi Wright! Thanks for all your great videos 👍🏼 I bought the starter carving set by Jared at Amazon. When I got it I was disappointed that they’re so small. The Amazon photo made them look normal size of course. Are they supposed to be that size because they’re carving chisels? Thanks again 😊
Yes they are the size in the video. They ate palm sized. Most of the affordable ones are.
Thanks James. Sorry I called you Wright before!
Did you check out schaaf carving chisels I have a set and really like them got them after researching different ones and found videos with respected woodcarving teachers who have the most expensive chisels reccomend them.
I have recently heard of them. I am going to have to get some in and play with them.
I think those Harbor Freight chisels you have are actually high speed lathe chisels for turning wood. The profiles actually make sense for that purpose but definitely not for normal hand woodworking.
They are actually mechanical scrapers. Something we finally found.
I've been looking at carving tools for a bit and would love to see a comparison of some that look a step or so above these, but maybe not quite in the Pfiel or Henry Taylor range. Narex seems like a strong contender--I have the Richters and a couple of their rasps. But I also wonder about some like Schaaf and Record that seem like maybe a place to start, then gradually replace the ones I end up using most. I'm old enough that the name Record still gets me excited--but I realize they aren't the company they used to be. Still, the pictures look nice...
you might like this video then. th-cam.com/video/4EkATEoQHis/w-d-xo.html
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks!
What do you think of Flexcut carving tools.
The carving knives are a relatively good deal for the price. However I have not been very impressed with their carving chisels.
I have some round ones. the set looks pretty old i havent seen a video yet, showing these.. its like round but u can see through it.
Thought I'd just drop my input on what I started out with (I do chip carving). Over on the mountainwoodcarvers site they have a set called the Sikora set. It's about $120 for 6 gouges so, you know, I can see where that can be a big lump sum
Really good chisels I've found though. Arrived sharp, two nice flat gouges that I use pretty much all the time. If I could only have one gouge it would be the smaller of the two flat ones, it's like 70% of what I use. Three round gouges ranging from tight and narrow to a wider falter one, I get a decent amount of use out of them. Really the only one I rarely use is the largest round gouge. It's just a monstrously huge thing, it's so rare one of the others doesn't fit my needs better
Anyway, honestly it's clear to me you know a lot more about this stuff than I do, so I just figured I'd put them on your radar. Oh, they also all have that nice octagonal handle. So yeah, those and a chip carving knife are 99% of what I use and then a couple micro gouges and a tiny skew. Like I said, just figured I'd mention in case you feel like looking into them
That's another set I've been wanting to look at for a while. They're a little bit more expensive but from what I've seen and heard they're pretty good.
This guy looks like the Tyson Fury of the chisel world. 👍😁
Hi James, I wanna ask the specs of the kirschen gouge (not the v tool) that you used in the video thanks 💪
I do not remember that one off the top of my head. I'm out of the shop and will be until Monday. I'll try and remember to look at it but if you send me an email it will make sure to get on my to-do list.
I got carving chisel's to learn with from Woodcraft. These are the 12 piece "Record Power" and look a whole lot better that narex set by far and they were sharp out of the box and the set came to $159.00 + tax. The set came with a instructional DVD that show the basic use of the chisels as well as sharpening. Now I know that the Narex set you got are $49.99 + tax on Amazon, but I decided on the record power carving chisel's over the 12 piece Narex set because of good reviews and plus of the chisel rating you did where you said that the narex chisels were lower quality steel these days. I also admit that I know you tested the mortising chisels and not the carving chisels.
That is another decent one that has recently come out. I have not had a chance to play with them yet. a bit more then then Narex set, but they are a bit better too.
David, if you liked them out of the box spend a little quality time to sharpen them properly, with a good edge they will cut cherry/walnut like butter. That is my impression as a non-carver anyway.
Hi, what kind of the wood do you use? Is it soft or the Chisels are very sharp? In my country, carving man has to use hammer to hit Chisels.
The hammer gives more control, bit a sharp chisel can cut any wood with just hand pressure, a mallet just makes it safer.
When you started test cutting it looked to me that you were going against the grain which would cause the digging in, I'm just going by what I think the grain lines are telling me looking at the side of the block
It was actually fairly strait there the bevel is just a LOT lowered on these.
What do you think about the PFEIL Brienz Collection Set, 12 Piece? Pretty expensive but is it worth buying once? What size did you use to carve the dowel plate box?
Those are pretty much the best chisels on the market in my book. Unfortunately, I generally tell people don't buy a set. Half of them you will probably never use. Start off with buying a V tool and a skew. After that, buy a gouge that fits the project you want to make. 90% of. What I do is with a simple V tool that is at 60° with about 6 to 8 mm wall.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo thanks! I also took your advice on a leaf holdfast from Black Bear Forge. It’s awesome! Made a doe’s foot to go along with it.
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pfeil Swiss made - woodcraft had the #12 Sweep V-Parting Tool 8 mm Full Size in stock. Picked that one up today and having at it. Thanks again for the advice 👍🏼
I've had this set of Narex chisels. They're cute, but not good carving tools. The primary issues are involved with repeat sharpenings (which would be hard to show on a simple review). They do cut out of the box, but they're also finished with a black paint of some kind which doesn't take well to sharpening, tending to flake off and leave a strangely thick bur on the edge. The V-tool in particular was a bit of a mess and getting a better edge than what comes in the box proved impossible due to what I can only think is a problem in shaping (it has a very pronounced hump on the lowest part of the V).
I found the temper to be a bit soft as well. Could have just gotten a badly finished set, but these don't even live on the same planet as Flexcut, much less proper Pfeils.
thanks for the feed back. I am interested to see where they go.
The set I was given also had a soft temper on them in my opinion. I retempered them and they held an edge a lot longer. I also reground the back of the V chisel, that low angle was causing my knuckles to drag on the wood. I will keep using my Pfeils, but for the price, if someone was wanting to try chip carving or just needed to do a one off I would recommend those Narex ones.
James, at about 2:40, you show all these odd shaped "carving chisels". I have some very similar shaped tools, and I don't understand the function of a lot of them either. A few actual carving chisels came with the set. I guess there's some reason for these to exist.
Some of those chisels should make pretty nice irons for custom moulding planes, there's some hollows and rounds and beads in there.
The third one with a diamond-shaped edge reminded me of an engraver like they use for brass and the like. But the other ones… no idea.
This shape of tool is actually designed for scraping metal parts often for cleaning out corners and crevices. I don't know why but for some reason decades ago someone thought they were carving tools and started selling them as that.
Have you tested the Harbor Freight "chisels" to see how long they hold an edge, or how good the steel is?
From my perspective, if the steel is anywhere near decent, it looks like it would be a good deal for someone to modify them as custom specialty plane irons for their homemade planes... 🤔
Yes. In the big chisel test they were included in there. Both the plastic handle and the wooden handle version. The wooden handle was slightly below average but okay. The plastic handle on the other hand was slightly better than a screwdriver as the last one on the list.
The heck with the chisels, where do I find the tool roll?
Here you go. th-cam.com/video/VY5mRRkyQu8/w-d-xo.html
With carving chisels, is it like with clamps? Can you have enough of them? Or will there always be another one which you need just for that one special job? ^^
Lol there's always another one to pick up.
Imo, it also depends on what you're carving & what you'd like to accomplish.
I see lots of stuff on the web about Schaaf gouges...about a hundred bucks for a set of 12. Have you tried these?
They are on my list to try. I have also heard good things.
Hi .send me the best craving tools location. Thanks
Coincidentally, my set of Narex carving chisels arrived today. I’ll be trying them out tonight.
Also, I *am* the average Joe
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If you had to have 2 Chisel(which is all I can afford to experiment with) which one would it be?
A good v tool is the first one. After that it really depends on what project you want to do and what type of carving you want to get into.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo thanks.
Where did you get the tool roll from?
Made it a wile ago. Here you are.th-cam.com/video/VY5mRRkyQu8/w-d-xo.html
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks! I should have know if would be something you would make. Thanks again.
Even knowing nothing about wood carving (I was researching linoleum carving) those harbor freight ones made me laugh. Might as well use a flathead screwdriver
I know a few flathead screwdrivers that would actually work better.
Send. Carving tools shop website
Is that a Suunto D5?
No it is a Garmin finix 5x
Rusty tools stored with your other chisels? I always felt rust attracts more rust.
Lol yup.
Хороший коллекционер ! 👍 Но все ли они в работе 🤔🤭 ???
Now I need to do a search for the difference between bent and forged.
Edit: I'm not getting any results. Did you mean "cast"?
He probably meant stamped
Bent is the Lyman's term for stamped. these are shaped from sheet stock rather then being forged and shaped.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I guess that’s what I get for watching too many machinist channels on TH-cam
I want to buy this can you help abot this
There are links in the description.
they all look the same..ha ha thanks for the info..
The harbor fright ones are for metal🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂 it was so funny to see you try to guess what the are for
they are not for carving metal. they are patterned after machinist scrapers and sold as wood carving chisels.
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How much a piece
the last one in your set
those last ones are for turning on leatha
that is a hand carving chisel. That is far too short for a lathe tool. And the bevel is at 17 degrees. A lathe would tear that small edge apart.
There too short to be used as a starter simply because it'll take the enjoyment out of it
All chisels need sharpening and honing right out of the box.
Not all. But most. Many of the high-end brands come fully stropped.
The reason I tested it here is that is what they claim.
i dont understand why you make a video like this... then you make a video saying you only use like 3 of your chisels and that harbor freight is a good place to start... its where you started... carving on your hatchet was done using harbor freight. so which is it?
There's a big difference between carving chisels and bench chisels. The carving chisels at harbor freight aren't actually carving chisels they're scraping tools that they try to sell as carving tools. However the cheap bench chisels at harbor freight are a great place to start. Once you get into carving with bench chisels you will soon want to do more and having good carving chisels makes it a lot easier than just using a bench chisel.