When you begin as a wood carver you will have to make the choice between acquiring more tools or just using what you have. If you're lucky you may have a collection available to you, otherwise you will need to tailor you style to the tools you have, until you can collect some more.

Carving Tools for the Beginner

All carving tools, by definition, are called chisels but we give them different names for easier identification.

Tools For the Wood Carver - Getting started doesn't need to be confusing I've been carving wood for 34 years and teaching others for 18, so I'm often asked what tools to buy for woodcarving. My standard reply consists of a few questions of my own: What sort of carving do you want to do? What size? What woods? The answers to those questions will help determine the tools a carver will need. Essential Sculpting Tools for Beginners

When you first start sculpting you probably won’t know yet what type of tools you will need or even what type of sculpting you eventually want to specialize in. So in the beginning it’s a good idea to stock your sculpting toolbox with a few basic tools that you can use to all the basic prep work that you will need to do you in order to learn more about sculpting.

Key Wood Carving Supplies For Beginner Wood Carvers

What are the essential wood carving supplies for beginners? You'll be pleased to learn you need only a few simple, inexpensive items to start carving wood. Stay away from wood carving kits until you're sure you like the craft and know exactly what kind of wood carving projects you want to take on. You'll quickly learn that specific wood carving kits are aimed at specific kinds of projects, but any beginning carver can take on wood carving with the following key items.

Intro to the Best Wood Carving Tools

If you want a set of the best wood carving tools, you need to get to know what the different tools are before you start buying tools you may never use. If you can, spend some time with a master wood carver, and have him demonstrate the use of the tools he owns.

Wood Carver Tools

Wood carving tools include various kinds of knives, chisels and gouges. When wood carving, you will need to use many different shaped and sized knives. One of these is a carving knife. This one is used to cut and then smooth the wood. It removes bits just like paring a piece of fruit. There are tools called gouges. They are used in wood carving to make curves and dig out a hollow in the piece that is being worked on.