I've mostly been using carbide cutters to this point but want to get into traditional tools. I went inexpensive on the roughing gouge, skew, and parting tool for now, but would like my gouges to be of high quality from the beginning. The grace period is over - I'm sufficiently hooked to commit to quality tools.
I'm on a midi lathe and most of my spindle turning is no larger than 3x3x12 and the bowls and boxes I will be doing will mostly be 6" diameter or less. I think a 3/8" spindle gouge makes sense, but not sure whether to mate that with a 3/8" or 1/2"V bowl gouge as I get started. Your thoughts, masters of the spinning wood?