SHIPPING INCLUDED.

This listing is for a PREORDER purchase. Kits will ship by the end of January, sooner if possible. I use preorder sales as a way to gauge and plan sourcing/production for components of small batch runs.

IMPORTANT NOTE on the knife in this kit: For this special short run of carving kits I am including a Pfiel #2 chip carving knife—brand new, hand sharpened and polished by me personally—in place of the Klötzli knife pictured. This is due to current availability. The two knives are virtually identical except for a small difference in size. I use both brands in my own chip carving practice, as well as teaching in-person classes.

The kit includes:

1)Custom basswood box with sliding lid. I designed these boxes especially for my chip carving kit and make them myself. The box is joined with dovetail joints at the corners and the lid panel slides into a dovetail-shaped groove between two sides of the box.

1)Pfiel #2 Chip Carving Knife, hand-sharpened and polished. This is the knife that you see me use throughout my book. I personally sharpen and polish each knife exactly as I would the knives I use in my own chip carving, so it is ready to carve with right out of the box.

1)Pre-printed basswood Practice Board set. These practice boards are printed with the patterns that I teach in my book.

2)Beginner-intermediate carving projects. These projects are also found in the First Projects chapter of my book.

1)Non-slip carving mat.

1)Acrylic sharpening tile with four grits of peel-&-stick abrasive sharpening film for maintaining your carving knife’s edge.

1)Refill strips of all four abrasive sharpening film.

1)Spray bottle for applying water to the sharpening tile.

1)Double-sidedSynthetic knife strop for keeping your knife’s edge sharp during carving. The strop is my own design and uses a sustainable linoleum/cork based material instead of leather.

1)Strop compound. A 1 oz. bar of green chrome oxide micro-polishing compound for use with the strop.