I received an X-Acto carving kit that comes in a nice little wooden box, and it has 15 different blades in different shapes to carve wood.

The book "The Beginner's Handbook of Woodcarving" that came as well walks you through the different knives used in wood carving, as well as technique, illustrated with lots of pics.

I can't wait to get into the book and begin carving on my first small block of wood.

Thank you Secret Santa!