Post #452603 by tikimecula on Fri, May 8, 2009 4:53 PM

On 2009-05-08 14:58, Paipo wrote:
Heh, someone else has the "Art of Maori Carving" book! Very timely posts as I'm after a V-chisel myself right now, and you are probably the master of said chisel round these parts T-Mec. Those prices are the best I've seen for Pfeil chisels yet.
nterestingly we are only using the straight Vs in our carving class right now, but I can definitely see the benefits of the curve when working around all those tight spirals. Could you share some of your shapes and sizes you're using on your current project T-Mec?

I noticed the book also. It was one of the first carving books I bought, when Octane posted it here a few years ago.

There is a newer version of that same book here:

http://www.booktopia.com.au/te-toi-whakairo-the-art-of-maori-carving/prod9780790003665.html#

Master? Me? Not even close.

I will snap some pics of the chisels I'm using on my latest for you.