In short: I’m deciding if I should stick with my speedball carver or upgrade.
In long: I’ve gotten into Lino the past few months, started with a 20$ kit that came with block, brayer and carving tools then upgraded to speedball and have mostly used that along with a small V blade for extra small details. However I I do wonder if anyone’s felt improvement with the higher end tools or feel they’re necessary? A lot of the styles and artist I’ve followed seem to be using carving tools at the 80-200$ price range. I also like the rounded look I’ve seen on this set https://a.co/d/0b84mHEk I’ve not experienced anything higher than speedball and can’t know how much steadier or easier the high end makes it, so what’s yalls experience? Is upgrading good or do you feel a speedball meets all your needs? I ask this cause I was gifted money and am debating on the splurge.