Having trouble staying interested and engaged with the hobby.

[Dani Girl]

discouragement...

Ok, well, I haven't read all the replies to this but my two cents worth would be if you enjoy doing it, keep doing it.

If you're getting discouraged... are you sharpening your tools properly? If the chisel is even a tiny tiny bit blunt then you won't have anything but trouble. I like the lindsay template sharpening system which is pretty cheap compared to some alternatives. Also Sam Alfano has a good post on youtube about hand sharpening gravers.

What country, state etc are you in? Just curious.

Danae.

 

[mrthe]

This is a very old thread that was bring to life in this last two days , the user have not joined the forum in the last months maybe you will not recive an answer

 

[Marrinan]

Last visit 3/19/2014

 

[Donny]

"If it were easy, everyone would do it." (Tyrion Lannister, fictional character.)

TYRION isn't fictional PLEASE SAY IT ISN'T SOOOOOOOOOO GOT! GOT! GOT!:banana:

Donny

 

[Beathard]

And it might not be the hobby for you... A cheaper alternative maybe woodcarving...

 

[Brian Marshall]

Or leather carving.... ?


B.