I want a tool that is controllable to do fine carving on wood, bone and similar material. Is this the tool I want?
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It can be. Though you can get different attachments, so it all depends what work you are going to do, but it works well for my husband.
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It would be good for carving, but Mora has other blades that are better and specifically made for carving. They make bowl and spoon carving crook knives also. For fine detail work I would recommend the Mora #106 as it has a smaller blade with a finer tip.
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most anything can be carved with simple or limited number of tools but most people who have been carving for a while usually acumulate a rather large selection of tools over time. I suggest contacting TreelineUSA.com 1-800-598-2743 and asking for their free carving catalog.Sizes and shapes of the various tools are illustrated and they will be happy to give advice. Keep your tools razor sharp and your body protected. Welcome to the world of woodcarving. Have fun. Merry Christmas! Colo.Toad
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Works great for wood, you can also do engraving with the very fine pointed ones.
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Freud makes wood blades, they have a great 100 tooth blade that cuts like a laser. I've cut wood with this and it does fine but I swap to a wood blade normally
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Very nice kit. I use for wood carving crafts. Easy to use. FOLLOW instructions. Worth the price. Have fun with different crafts. Keep safe from children.
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As others have stated, this knife will get the job done but it's not what the knife was designed for. It has a scandi grind on the edge which is quite wide. Makes the blade fantastic at carving and applications where you need to split material apart. Because of the grind, when skinning and processing game you run the risk of hitting bone and rolling the edge. It's not a deal breaker in my opinion but I would get something with a thinner grind if you're looking for a knife specifically for skinning.
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This would not be my tool of choice for making the type of cut you describe, although, in an emergency you might be able to rig something up that would be servicable. A circular saw would definitely be preferable especially in terms of smoothness.
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This tool is basically a portable band saw used to easily cut metal. I suppose you could cut wood but it would be like cutting wood with a hacksaw. Why would you want to do it when other tools like a power saw, sawzall, or jigsaw would do a more efficient job. Thanks Ray Hippele
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I would not recommend this tool for pumpkin carving. The blades are too small & sharp- unless, of course, your daughter is maybe, say, a teenager- but teven so- these blades, if not exteremly careful- can produce quite the deep cut into a finger or hand. You would need to purchase a saw, if you continued to attempt to use them. They are blades ( small- -like the size of pen & ink nibs-) and the handle.
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Hi! Sculpting is a whole different bag of bananas. For less detailed rough work, I still prefer the Black and Decker. It's got more power and does not heat up as much. However, for your intended purpose, I would advise you to look on Amazon for something like the Dremel 4000 6/50 for this reason. The B&D has 3 FIXED speeds that your are locked into which is fine for sharpening, cutting, routing, and the like. But if you are doing fine intricate work where the speed and material removal is critical, I would advise the type of switch on the Dremel which is variable from 5,000 to 35,00 RPM. You can fine tune it so it doesn't bind or grab your work piece. If you go to the Amazon page for the Dremel 4000 and scroll down you'll see an example of fine woodcarving being done with it. If the unit is too big for your hand you can always use the flex shaft. I know it's considerably more money and it will get warm. But when you're investing hours in an endeavor like sculpting you don't want to say "Oh (you fill in the blank)". For your needs...The Dremel is the way to go...It is still cheaper than some of the REAL high end hobbyist rotary carvers. Hope this was helpful.
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Yes, but it is a little fine for that. It is much better at putting a razor edge on knives. For a chisel I would go with something that has diamond in it.
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The knife may work for this application, but with limited ability since the pommel is not real thick in nature. Tent stakes and light duty hammering may work. However, for cutting, carving, shaving branches, and other woodsman's work this knife excels!
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Hello Diane,Yes, this tool would be great for the job you described. It even comes with a tile cutting blade. Hope that helps!
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It works great!I've used shears, besides cutting lobster and crabs, for other bones, types and sizes.This shears are one of best on the market. You should get one.Cheers,Simo
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Sharpened, which I love, because you can control the point you want :-). Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure about bone, because I use it to cut wood which it works very well for. A friend of mines is saying that wood is a lot like bone which I'm not too sure of; but she seems to think so based on a television show she watches called "Bones". So if bone, animal bone I hope you really are referring to is anything like wood which you might know; then yes it would be. Creepy thing to post around Halloween though, or appropriate... LOL! : )