Reply by Bill White

I have found that there is a wealth of tooling for all budgets. As is known, one can spend a fortune on the stuff.
If I had one suggestion, it would be to buy a quality “starter set”, learn to sharpen, and practice with what you have.
I began with an old Craftsman set. I’ve added a few Sorby pieces as well as a sweet W. Butcher bowl gouge and skew that is “go-to” tooling.
As in everthing involving woodworking, one can spend the budget of a small nation if desired. The old masters didn’t do it that way.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us