Wood Carving tools/wood help needed....
Hi all.
firstly my idea. I want to carve some Tikis for the door knobs of my car, and have never really done any woodworking to speak of (except school) and I was wondering what the best wood and tools would be to use.
The tikis ideally would be about 4-5cm high, and round, maybe 1-2cm in diameter. I tried carving some out of dowl and it seemed way too hard with the crappy tools i had, using old vinyl/cork tools (??) and I couldn't get accurate sharp edges.
This was my first try, which I painted and re-sanded, its a bit rough
link here
I would like some advice on what sort of tools I'd need, at a reasonable price, and where I could get some ($$$??) i live in melbourne, and then an idea on the best kind of wood for finer detail and accuracy that this obviously needs.
any help would be much appreciated, thanks in anticipation.
Simon