KAKURI Japanese Wood Carving Tools Set for Beginners (7 Pcs) Made in JAPAN, Wood Carving Knife for Woodblock Printing, Woodcut Printmaking, Linoleum Carving, Linocut

Kakuri is one of my absolute favorite brand for wood carving. These are well made, solid. Blades are strong and sharpen beautifully. Perfect for beginners as well as experienced carvers.

Excellent value, these cutters are very easy to use, razor-sharp, and ergonomic. I'm using them for linocuts, and they provide great precision and speed.

Great tools for linocut, wood block printing and reduction printing/monotype in general. I just wish the set came with a smaller/fiber V shaped tool for cutting fine lines instead of multiple flat chisels.

The tools are sharp and ready to use. The handles are not the most comfortable to work with. Palm handles are better (short, fat and rounded to fit in your palm). Your hand will tire more easily with long stretches of carving. The metal seems to be hard enough but only time will tell how fast they wear down. The sharpening stone that comes with the set is inadequate. I bought a large stone especially for gouges to sharpen from both top and bottom. The enclosed stone has only one groove for underside grinding.

I have ordered the Speedball cutters and this set from Japan. The cutters from Japan are amazing and smooth. The Spedball cutters were sent back as soon as I tried the KAKURI Japanese Wood Carving Tools Set.Now I want explore more about their product.

These came very sharp and I think kakuri is one of the only companies that I dont spend an hour or two setting up to my preferredspecs, except for kanna's.These are made in Japan. A country that takes great pride in their excellence of craftsmanship and design. These are exceptional tools with a low cost point.

I like the variety, nice set, sharp enough & the packaging is good.

The handles on these provide a very nice, ergonomic grip for carving safely. It is easy to carve the design you want, keep the knives where they belong, and not stab yourself!