CNBTR Carbon Steel Carving Firmer Gouge Semicircle Wood Chisel Set DIY Woodworking Handle Carpentry Tools Pack of 4

Nice set of chisels to complete my woodworking collection. Easily grooves circular cut outs. Very good price and quick shipping

My set says it's made in China, however the writing on the package appears to be Russian. Still, four gouges this size for this price and this quality isn't necessarily a bad deal. These come roughly machined and take a LOT of work to get into usable shape. If you don't have the skill, tools and experience to literally finish machining these, then don't bother with them. The inside of the gouges is terribly rough and takes power equipment to get to that mirror smooth finish a carver needs. I used various sizes of hardwood dowel rod covered with 400 grit wet or dry sandpaper spun full speed on my wood lathe to grind the coarse machine marks off each gouge. It took at least 15 minutes per tool to get just the inside ready for hand work and final stropping. I used a 1-inch belt sander with a 400 grit belt to smooth the sides, back and bevel to a good starting point for further hand work. The steel appears to be fair to good quality. If you are willing to put the work into these, they appear to be decent quality tools with strong looking wood handles. I'll check back in, in a few weeks when I know how well the edge holds up and at what angle. I carve mostly oak and walnut.Update: I sharpened these to about a 20 degree relief angle. Think initially they are closer to 30. Anyway, I'm really happy with how well these are holding up edge wise after carving in red oak for the last couple of days sometimes using a mallet. They hold an edge quite well so after all the initial grinding, reshaping, honing, polishing and stropping, these are a pretty darn good deal in my book. Decent steel and strongly made, but poorly finished from the factory. If you know how to sharpen I do recommend these as an inexpensive set of gouges.

Fairly sharp out of the box ,for the price I am happy with the purchase

Unless you want to spend several hours getting one ready for use.OK, I read the reviews of these gouges before I bought them and sort of knew what I was getting into. I did not realize how much work they would need, though, until they arrived.These gouges are made in China and are of extremely poor quality. They come with the bevel ground on the inside radius, and are really useless out of the package. I spent several hours regrinding the bevel on the outside radius of all four, honed only the largest of them and spent at least 4-5 hours in total to get just that one gouge ready to use.The gouge steel itself is very thick and the smallest of the gouges - the 1/4 inch - came to almost a pencil point once the bevel was ground on the outside. The steel is about 3/16" thick at the tip and I think the indicated size is based on the outside diameter of the gouge.So far, the one gouge that I did get ready for use has held an edge fairly well (I did not hone the inside radius so it does leave fine lines from the 220 grit sandpaper I used to clean the inside burr).If you have a bench grinder and want to spend hours of your time getting these gouges ready for use they will work. As for me, I view this as a very temporary set to be replaced within a year.

Handle with metal ring came loose after I hit it lightly with a small chisel and they dont sharpen evenly. They are also not smooth out of the box.

These tools work well. Easy to use, keeps the edge and is a good product.

I liked they were horribly dull! My grandson used them to carve and had to pound with a hammer. I would have returned If they were not beaten down with the hammer.

It took a few hours to get them into usable condition with a diamond stone on the outside and a small grinding wheel in the drill press on the inside, but they turned out pretty good, and hold an edge fairly well.