Here's a convenient way to maintain a tool edge while you carve. When charged with compound, its multiple profiles (1/16, 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 radius;
Flexcut - Mallet Sculptor's Set - 4 Piece
A Sharpening Handbook - Lee Valley Tools
PW17 Flexcut Hook Strop - Flexcut Tool Company
Flexcut NEW KN51 Double Bevel Sloyd Hook Knife
MiterFast Angle-Transfer Device for Festool Kapex KS 120 EB
Carver's Chain Mail Glove - Lee Valley Tools
Make It Yourself Hand-Carved Basswood Birds Kit - Lee Valley Tools
Flexcut Craft Carver 11 Piece Set SK107
Quick Cutting Sigma Power Select II Stones - Lee Valley Tools
Flexcut Slipstrop : Arts, Crafts & Sewing
Finally, Flexcut® has a Knife Strop™. Now all the Flexcut® and other knife users can enjoy the same benefits that palm tool users do with the Flexcut
Knife Strop
Flexcut Carver's Strop - Lee Valley Tools
Make It Yourself Hand-Carved Basswood Birds Kit - Lee Valley Tools