I am a novice wood carver, exclusively small sculptures. I don't use this for traditional "wood working" like making decorations for cabinets or furniture or anything like that, so I can't say if this set is good for those purposes or not. But for sculpting, these are my impressions: This set is good! Each chisel is comfortable to hold, the variety of sizes and shapes is great for any kind of cut I'm looking to make. One thing: they do not come sharpened. I wasn't anticipating this, but it kind of makes sense to me now. If you're looking to use these, then sharpening is a regular part of the routine, and you should be sharpening then when you get them anyways. I use a very simple whetstone (Coleman - for sharpening pocket knives) and it works just fine for all the chisels, although I'm sure there are much better options out there. I don't have any experience with any other chisels to compare this to, but I have no complaints!