How To Choose

(Note; The information offered on this page is an excerpt of the full Stubai Carving Tools DATA SHEET.)

Of all the disciplines in wood working which use hand chisels, and it is difficult to think of any which do not, carvers use by far the widest range of patterns and sizes. There are many variants which can cause confusion for the beginner carver. Many of the more esoteric tool patterns are for unusual applications. The truth is about 6 tools will get you started and a serious set of tools will still likely number fewer than 30 tools.

The tables below are intended to assist with getting started and assist with selecting the most useful tools from those which are for specialised or obscure applications. The rankings indicate the top selling 100 tools across the Series 55 range followed by an outright ranking of sales of the Series 52. These rankings also inform our stocking decisions.

Note this represents Stubai sales worldwide across every carving discipline and national carving tradition so needs to be seen as a guide only. If for example you are interested in a specialty such as carving bowl or spoon shapes, these rankings are not so useful. If, on the other hand, your interests are mainstream, this is a most useful guide to what tools to purchase and in what order.

Series 55 Popularity Ranking

Ranking is by 5 groups of 20 tools and within each group they are ranked by purchase code NOT populartity, i.e a 41/12 is equal to a 01/20.

The F9999 structure codes are searchable Item Codes which we use in our website, the 01/20 structured codes are short hand, in this case, for a Sweep 1, 20mm etc.

Series 52 Popularity Ranking

The final table below indicates the top selling 40 Series 52 tools in outright popularity rank. The advice above about the usefulness of this advice should be noted.