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Spent $40 on a 'beginner' whittling kit and the knife was duller than a butter knife
An old guy on YouTube said to just buy the cheapest set to start out, so I grabbed one from a craft store. Tried to carve a simple spoon out of basswood yesterday and spent more time fighting the blade than actually shaping wood. Anyone else run into this or did I just pick a dud brand?
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morgan_martinez19d ago
I saw this one guy on a carving forum say you should always check the edge on a new knife by trying to shave a piece of paper. If it won't do that, it's basically useless out of the box. Sounds like you got the same deal.
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ray_campbell4619d ago
Funny you mention that, @morgan_martinez, I had a similar thing happen with a whittling knife I picked up last month. The edge looked fine to the naked eye but it tore up a piece of printer paper instead of slicing it clean. I tried stropping it a bit and it got better, but honestly if it can't handle paper out of the box you're starting off at a disadvantage. Makes you wonder what kind of quality control they're running over there.
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