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CALVO WOOD CARVING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

WELCOME TO CALVO WOOD CARVING SCHOOL STORE. HERE IS A NO FRILLS SELECTION OF CARVING TOOLS AND SUPPLIES FOR THE STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL CARVER. THEY ARE COMPLILED FROM THE CORE SET OF CARVING TOOLS THAT I HAVE USED AS PART OF MY COLLECTION.

FIVE-DAY BAREBONES WOODCARVING CLASSES David Calvo has been enthusiastically teaching woodcarving to adults for twenty-five years. He was fortunate to be trained by professional European woodcarvers and sculptors. He has been a featured master woodcarver at many International Woodworking Trade Shows where he has given workshops on woodcarving technique and designing skills. David has also been a featured TV guest on the PBS Television shows: "The Woodwright's Shop" with Roy Underhill and "The American Woodshop" with Scott Phillips. He writes articles for national publications to promote and share his skill. He is a sought-after teacher because his unique training is a rarity and he is a natural speaker who has the ability to articulate the mechanics of the skill of wood carving in an easily understood fashion. http://www.davidcalvo.com/wood_carving_classes.html $670.00	THREE-DAY WOODCARVING COURSE Here is a three-day course to get you introduced to woodcarving. It is an edited from the five-day class so the pace is quicker than I would like but if you have time constraints this might be a good option. Read the class description under woodcarving school on my website or for more info call the school at 978-283-0231 http://www.davidcalvo.com/wood_carving_classes.html $450.00
BEGINNER'S BAREBONES WOODCARVING SET The nineteen piece essential woodcarving kit contains all that the interested student will need to start his wood carving endeavors. The tools in this collection are versatile. Included in this set are: ten Dastra wood carving tools, one Calvo mallet, four sharpening stones, a burnishing brush, two background stamps and a cloth tool roll. If interested, and you want more tools please feel free to call me. I am also willing to do custom orders beyond my stock supplies and coach you on what might be best for your particular interests. Feel free to call the studio at Tel.978-283-0231. Tools can be purchased individually as well. $625.00	BASIC WOOD CARVING SET Here is a basic wood carving set for the interested thrifty student. It contains six Dastra german woodcarving tools, a calvo brass mallet, two sharpening stones (1000 & 4000) and a tool roll. This set can at a later date be expanded into the Bare Bones beginner's carving set. $380.00
TWO CHERRY WOODCARVING SET Here is a wood carving set for the individual who wants professional quality. Two Cherry tools are unsurpassed in the American market. This set comes with the ten tools and accessories found in the Barebones Carving Set with an additional set of water stone sharpening files. The weight and design of these tools are akin to old world carving tools. This selection of tools here is what I have used the most in my thirty years of professional carving so you can not go wrong with this set. For custom orders, I have the full Two Cherry Tool Catalog on a Acrobat file. View catalog at: http://www.davidcalvo.com/wood_carving_tools.html (It is on my index under carving tool description) Email or call with catalog numbers for individual tools. $765.00	SCULPTURE WOODCARVING SET This twenty-four piece fishtail wood carving set is good for the economical beginner student. Generally the fishtail design is the best for woodcarving because the tool steel is always behind the carving edge as you move through the wood. In addition, I also look for the tool steel quality and temper of the carving tool. The tool steel in these tools is pretty good and they hold the edge. The set includes twenty carving tools, one brass mallet, two water slipstones (1000 and 4000) and a tool roll. An assortment of carving tools can be purchased individually as well. Burnishing brush not included. $325.50
DVD Series #1 - HOW TO REDESIGN AND SHARPEN YOUR WOODCARVING TOOLS Here is a comprehensive hour and a half woodcarving DVD which covers all aspects of sharpening your wood carving tools; from redesigning the edges on electric grinders, to using hand water slipstones to sharpen the variety of gouges in your tool collection. Learn how to establish inside bevels on your tools so that you have the ability to use the concave and convex edge within the same tool. In addition, to get better hand-carving technique and control, learn sharpening methods that will help you get your tool to bite instead of skating as you move through the grain of your woodcarving project. As you will see, sharpening your tools correctly for wood carving is absolutely critical for tool control. I can't emphasis this enough. Pre-order Sales: Shipping date: May 2012 $48.95	DVD Series #2 - THE WOODCARVER’S COMPASS • UNDERSTANDING GRAIN DIRECTION Understanding the grain of the wood is important for carving because the woodcarver is constantly addressing the grain in the wood from different angles. As a reference, the grain direction for carving wood changes as much as the minute hand changes on your wall clock. In woodcarving the grain is like a dance partner, hence you always need to be sensitive to your approach and carve accordingly. Here is a unique exercise I call the grain wheel that familiarizes you with all aspects of dealing with the grain. It also becomes “a grain compass” that is valuable to carving the Fleur-di-les as well as any other projects. Pre-order Sales • Shipping date: May 2012 $40.00
DVD Series #3 - MASTERING HAND TECHNIQUES IN WOODCARVING Hand techniques are an essential part of the learning curve in wood carving. Here is a step by step tutorial on hand techniques using the fleur-di-les as a carving project. This project encompasses all aspects of your hand technique in wood carving. I can easily say that every thing I do on my largest projects in terms of technique approach, I do on the fleur as well so this makes it an excellent starting project. In addition to hand techniques, learn the visual mechanical steps to moving through a project and also the concave convex road map. Pre-order sales • Shipping date: May 2012 $40.00	COMPLETE SET-- ALL THREE WOOD CARVING DVD'S PreSale Offer: FOR A LIMITED TIME WITH THE PURCHASE OF ALL THREE DVD'S-- SHIPPING IS FREE. Shipping date: April 2012 $125.00
1.5 lbs. Calvo Brass Mallet Here is the Calvo Brass Mallet. This mallet gives a positive force forward in woodcarving known as a dead blow with no bounce. Used by my Italian and German teachers, it fits in your hand very nicely and is compact. Nothing on the market compares to the control that you get from this tool. Mallets are just as important as good chisels so this is an essential part of the arsenal for the beginner and intermediate carver. $70.00