Lee Valley has a "special buy" on a set of seven carving tools right now:
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...,43334&p=72275
Anyone have any opinions on it? I wouldn't expect miracles for the price, but LV can often surprise me at what they can get at a given price point. The tang/ferrule setup on those reminds me of Narex, which makes me think good things for the money, but no info, as is often the case for some of their out-side produced products, of who the manufacturer.
I've been picking up a few carving-type tools (mostly incannel gouges, right now, as I find those quite useful, but also traditional carving tools) as I stumble across a decent vintage tool, or find a need for one. I'd like to experiment with carving, even if I never progress past simple embellishment. I'm leaning more towards the sort of carving that would be involved in furniture making rather than the purely artistic side. I feel like a cheap set like this might be a decent starting point, at least to get my feet wet enough to find out if it's the sort of thing I'd want to pursue more of, and to get me a few things to experiment with so that I have an actual idea of what I really need or want.
Just curious if anyone has any input on these, perhaps someone has seen them at an LV retail location?