Post #491408 by pjc5150 on Mon, Nov 2, 2009 6:30 AM

On 2009-11-01 16:53, tikigodz wrote:
Hi 5150 I have been using some crap tools myself. Cant bring myself to spend that much on them , Does it make a world of difference?

To put it simply, YES.

It's like comparing a rusty screwdriver to a surgeons scalpel.

These ones I bought were like $40 to $50 a pop, which is way more than I ever saw myself spending on this little hobby, but I'm on my 9th tiki now & I guess I just decided that since I'm apparently in this for the long haul I might as well make things a little easier on myself. Really glad I did. Since they're that expensive I'm just buying 'em one at a time every other week. But man, what a huge difference. These new tools are an absolute pleasure to use.

Definitely have to be careful though, they're sharp as a freakin' razor. You could take your thumb off in one clean shot with these things.

I would say that if you're just going to bang out a few tikis for the house of whatever (like I thought when I started), then it's probably too much money to throw. But if you decide (like I did) later that you want to keep turning out carvings, you need to just take it on the chin and go a buy some decent tools. Just my opinion.