Excel 5-Piece Assorted Carving Blades

A bit shorter than I guessed but great quality and price!

Works as intended

- Excel makes super blades for "Hobby Knives" My favorites are these, and the #25 (convex, with a shaped pointed tip). I'd get a pack of 100 of these if I could. - Seriously, these, I've used these to carve things like Gabon Ebony, and Bloodwood, so they also work on woods like Maple and Walnut. - These well-designed and well-made concave blades might be a bit specialized for "everyday" use, but for undercutting, rounding, and smoothing edges, including edges of openings into objects/surfaces, they're super! They stay sharp through a lot of use, and the edge can be "touched up" a few times with a superfine sharpening stone to extend their life. They're certainly *sturdy* enough to tolerate it. The tip is also shaped such that it's very good for scoring and other types of detailing.

These blades aren't easy to find, so I was glad to source them here. They use the industrial-size handle (the big honker, not the standard slim craft knife handle), so make sure you've got the right handle ready to go. If you haven't used this style before, practice the cutting angles or you'll not be happy with the results. Once you master it, it's a great detail knife.

I got these to replace/supplement a set of Excel blades I have as a boxed set. I use two of the blades more than others -- the curved ones -- but I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5 because I did not get exactly what is pictured. Instead of the small concave curved blade, third from the left in the product photo, I got an extra straight blade. Bummer. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has that issue.

I received the blades a few days after placing the order and they are as advertised. A tip o' the hat goes to the vendor! Thanks!

I was looking forward to utilizing these blades to help me with taking care of furs throughout the year. I'm certain they would be great to assist with such projects given their sharpness and thin profile which is what's needed with the intricacies of skinning.

does what they say it does. Be cautious all the time but this device does not put you in direct contact to the blade unless you are careless.

Good quality.

Me encantaron, con muy buen filo y resistentes, en cuanto me llegaron de inmediato las probe, me.llevaron mucho antes de lo esperado