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

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.

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.

Ok for the price. Don't expect to anything too fancy at this price point. A lot of other customers have complained about needing to sharpen the tool before using them but if you're into woodworking or just starting, sharpening will become second nature to you. Tools will get dull with use and will need to be honed. So look at it this way, you're going to get a lot of practice developing a skill you will be using throughout your woodworking career by buying these tools. Enjoy the ride and put a wicked edge on these suckers!

Like many other reviews, these are a little rough. But, with a little work, they might be pretty good. I only have one gouge and don't really use them all that often but I decided to take a chance. You might call these a gouge "kit". All of the basic ingredients are there but they need a LOT of work. I'm a machinist by trade so reworking these into some usable tools won't be too much trouble. The steel tests around 50 Rockwell using my Tsubosan hardness testing files. I have a diamond point hardness tester but I didn't get it out and set it up and calibrate it for these. Good for the price.

These are basically INCANNEL gouges made (I think) by the same company that makes the bench chisels for Harbor Freight. Are they anywhere near the best out there? Not by a long shot. Considering how HARD it is to find incannel gouges, I definitely recommend getting these if you are in need. They're quite serviceable and at a decent price. Most woodworkers hardly ever need an incannel, it may be a long time between uses. So why spend tons of money on something you'll hardly ever use.