Tool & Supply Recommendations
I have no affiliation with any of these products. It is simply an attempt to answer questions I am often asked. In almost every case, I have purchased and extensively used these products in my shop.
General Woodworking Tool Suppliers
Lie Nielsen - Warren, Maine Top quality bench planes, chisels, backsaws, sharpening, etc.
Lee Valley - Canada Similar to Lie Nielsen, great bench & workholding accessories, powered tenon cutters, layout tools, drill bits
Tools for Working Wood - Brooklyn, New York Holdfasts, moxon vises, shellac, sharpening supplies, finishing supplies
Highland Woodworking - Atlanta, Georgia Bandsaw blades, machinery
Chairmaking
Tim Manney - Tapered Reamers, shavehorse plans
Woodturning
Wood Turners Wonders - Gainesville, Georgia CBN grinding wheels, Rikon grinders
Packard Woodworks - Tryon, North Carolina Turning tools
Finishing Supplies
The Real Milk Paint Company - Tennessee Milk paint, tung oil (half&half)
Green Woodworking & Sloyd
For new spoon carvers looking for a basic introductory set, I recommend a Mora 106, Wood Tools open sweep spoon knife (alternative - Mora 164), Wood Tools Robin Wood Carving Axe (alternative - Gransfors Bruk large Swedish Carving Axe), and Silky Gomboy 270 medium teeth.
Mora - Sweden widely available and affordable beginner to experienced spoon carving knives, 106. 164, 120 - I use a 106 almost every day
Wood Tools - United Kingdom slightly less available, but nicer spoon carving hook knives and introductory axes
Pinewood Forge - Leonard, Minnesota Sloyd knives, sharpening supplies, books - My favorite sloyd knife, I use the strop daily
Jason Lonon - North Carolina wide variety of premium hand forged carving tools, stocked fairly often, I use his adze
Nic Westermann - United Kingdom wide variety of premium hand forged carving tools, extremely long waitlist
Reid Schwartz - New Hampshire premium hand forged carving knives, my favorite tools period, long waitlist
Gransfors Bruk - Sweden widely available axes, excellent quality - I use the large swedish carving axe and carpenter’s axe
Hans Karlsson - Sweden wide variety of premium hand forged carving tools, can be difficult to source
Svante Djarv - Sweden wide variety of premium hand forged carving tools, can be difficult to source
Kalthoff Axes - Sweden premium carving axe, obtainable, but with a wait
Silky Saw - Japan widely available folding pruning saws - I use the Gomboy 270 medium teeth