It’s hard to recommend what way to go. The Sorby you set is a good set of tools. You will use all those tools later on. If turning larger bowls 10 - 16” then a 1/2” or 5/8 “ bowl gouge would be better. I have a 3/8” bowl gouge, but don’t use it very much. The BB bowl gouges were not good for me. I actually bent my 1/2” BB bowl gouge as noted some less expensive tools are not hardened more than an inch back. However I have some BB scrapers that work well. My first set of tools were HF red handle tools, set of 8. The steel in the HF tools was decent and still use 4-5 today. I have seen where he white handle HF tools may not be as good. Others in the set were re-purposed. For me it was a value starting out, but eventually I think you will purchase higher quality tools.
Last edited by William C Rogers; 02-03-2021 at 10:57 AM.
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