Chisel Rolls

[Steve Mathews]

Here's a photo of roll I received with my Chris Pye set. The fabric is nothing special but I like that the flaps completely cover the tools internally when rolled. It's also made in the USA. The Blue Spruce rolls look nice. The flaps at least cover the working end of the chisels. I couldn't find anything on the Barr website. Rob Cosman also offers a chisel roll but the $120 price plus shipping is out of reach for my budget.
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David - I'm not really qualified to pass any judgement on any of the Chris Pye chisels as I'm just getting started in wood carving. I hope to get into it seriously when my Veritas Carving Bench arrives next week.

[David Carroll]

David - I'm not really qualified to pass any judgement on any of the Chris Pye chisels as I'm just getting started in wood carving. I hope to get into it seriously when my Veritas Carving Bench arrives next week.

That's wonderful, Carving is a great pastime. I do recommend Chris Pye's pay site. He's a good teacher and it's worth joining for a couple of months if only for the video lessons about commissioning tools and sharpening. Once I learned to commission (shaping and sharpening new or new to you tools for the first time) and maintain the tools, every aspect of carving became easier. There's tons of content on the site about work-holding (probably the second most important thing after sharp tools), and specific techniques as well as projects that start out simple and get progressively more challenging as you progress.

Oh, your photo didn't post for some reason.

Best of luck!

DC

[Steve Mathews]

That's wonderful, Carving is a great pastime. I do recommend Chris Pye's pay site. He's a good teacher and it's worth joining for a couple of months if only for the video lessons about commissioning tools and sharpening. Once I learned to commission (shaping and sharpening new or new to you tools for the first time) and maintain the tools, every aspect of carving became easier. There's tons of content on the site about work-holding (probably the second most important thing after sharp tools), and specific techniques as well as projects that start out simple and get progressively more challenging as you progress.

Oh, your photo didn't post for some reason.

Best of luck!

DC

I'll check into the Chris Pye tutorials. To get warmed up to the craft I've been watching some of Mary May videos. She makes it look so easy.

BTW, the photo of the chisel roll is now posted.

[Tom M King]

Do a search on ebay for "chisel roll" and there are a bunch on there. I bought some from there years ago.

[David Carroll]

I'll check into the Chris Pye tutorials. To get warmed up to the craft I've been watching some of Mary May videos. She makes it look so easy.

BTW, the photo of the chisel roll is now posted.

I think there may be some free content of Chris's on YouTube. I'm taking a weekend long class on making "Green Men" taught by Mary May in March. I'm looking forward to it.

DC

[Tony Joyce]

Give these a look.
https://txheritage.net/generalstore/p/tool-rolls

[Steve Mathews]

Give these a look.
https://txheritage.net/generalstore/p/tool-rolls

Bingo! Pricey but they're what I wanted and better. Thanks for the heads up!