FLEXCUTWood Carving Tools Set 4 Piece Carving Knife Set KN100, Whittling Knives Include Solid Ash Handle

Sharper and easier to use then other set of knives I have. Love these.

I do general home shop woodwork, but I also wanted to start carving. I had an opportunity to join a local wood carving group using the groups vast carving tools selection until I felt I was ready to start a set of my own. I like doing much research before my purchase, and covered many different manufacturer's product lines. I selected this set as the heart of my beginning collection of carving tools, and I couldn't have made a better selection. first the Flexcut products are well known, well used, and well liked. These knives are a cinch to sharpen even for a beginner, & hold an edge well. The handle/blade ergonomics make for a solid, well designed balance when making cuts. The 4 tools in this particular set includes the small pelican knife, which their other sets do not include. These are great for detail use. If I could improve on this set, I would add the small detail knife for a set of 5, but you can buy this separately,as I did. Now I am looking at other knives to add, and I am staying with Flexcut products.

This wood-carving knife set is very nice. For the first timein a long time, they came out of the box with adequate edges.I am hard to please in this area, but these blades cut preciselyand take a good amount of force without worries.The carrying pouch is quite good, the handles fit snugly in thepockets and don't come loose while carrying it.My favorite of the set for general carving work is the largePelican knife, the mini-Pelican is great for tiny stuff too.The Cutting blade is very strong with a straight edge, it workswell for taking off volume quickly. The Detail knife is alsostraightedge, but with a thinner spine which is good for gettingaround/behind other details.The handles all fit my hands well, and depending which side ordirection the cut goes I find they work well in either hand.These things are so sharp I wouldn't touch them without thekevlar gloves on.

The knives are great. The pouch is rubbish. The knives got stuck to the pouch and had to littery be ripped out.

Tools are great; they're sharp & cut easy. The simple complaints are that the tools do not have any blade protector, and the roll is very rigid. Blades are side by side, so for example the cutting edge of #1 is close to your knuckle while trying to remove #2. I made some blade protectors to help my own peace of mind, and maybe over time the roll will loosen up.

Very impressive knife set for the price. I highly recommend this set for carvers at any level. I was struggling to keep an edge on my beaver craft kit which was really taking the joy out of my hobby. I picked up this set and have had no problems or complaints. They arrived sharp and have stayed sharp. Obviously keeping them honed with the occasional strop, the quality is very impressive.

These two whittlings in the picture were made solely with this set of knives. I also bought/used flexcut's basic leather strop to keep them sharp. I'm a novice, and these are my first two pieces, and these are the first and only set of knives I've bought and used (so, take this review with a grain of salt). But, for me, The knives worked great, were comfy in the hand, came sharp and easy to keep that way, and the different blades seemed to cover a wide range of cut size/detail. I'd recommend them for anyone.

I have a similar set of Beaver Creek carving knives. BC knives are marginally less refined as seen in the profile lines from sharping. They seem to be equally sharp. The handles are almost exactly the same, but Flexcut are finished and could be slippery if you are not careful. I plan to throw the FC case away. Was down right dangerous to try and pull the knives out of the case. Would really like to have them come with blade edge protectors - they are razor sharp. Overall - I like both BC and FC. There are pros and cons so consider price and it is up to you to decide. Hope this review helps.