Essential Arts Polymer Block Lino Relief Printing Starter Kit – 4 x Sheets of Soft Polymer Blocks, Brayer Roller, Handle and 5 x Cutters

This is a great beginners set to see if you enjoy lino-cutting and there are enough pieces that you can give all the different blades and surfaces a try. You will need to buy ink/paint separately. I much prefer carving with the blue blocks because they're easier on the hands! Blades are sharp enough to get through the kit, though probably would need sharpening/replacing if you used them any more than this. A decent kit for the money!

This is a basic set (minus inks) to get started with lino printing, which I haven't done in 35yrs! The blades fit into the handle with a collar that twists to lock the blade in place. The brayer/roller works great and it includes 4 pieces of lino, which aren't cheap to buy even on their own. The lino comes in 2 grades of hardness, and in my experience, both work much the same, the only difference I've found is just preference in terms of how easily the blade cuts (the complexity of a print may lend itself to a firmer or softer lino, as you can have a little more control with a slower cut). Considering what's included, I think this is a really good value starter set at £14.99 - you just need to do a little research into which inks you prefer and will work best for your project.

Happy with this item, arrived on time and was as described. Good quality.

I'd wanted to dabble with lino printing for some time, but couldn't afford to go on a course locally. Armed with this cheap starter set and a few YouTube videos I took the plunge. Was I good at it? No Was it fun? Kinda Am I glad I used this set instead of spending £70 to find out? Absolutely. Good quality basic set that had all the right bits to get started, the lino cuts easily and the roller is nice and solid. Just a shame I'm not artistic enough. Well, I'll definitely try again!

The tool itself is really poor quality, and despite the different attachments none of them are that thin to allow proper carving. The roller doesn't work at all, so is useless. The finally the blocks are all fairly small. Definitely a waste of money.

The quality of the product is OK for the price but I only received 2 grey pieces of lino and no blues pieces, this is not great and makes it more difficult to try out different hardness's of lino to find which works best for me.

This product is missing a part which means you can’t get started printing. There are blades and a handle but not the screw which holds both in place. I would’ve happily paid more to have this piece of kit to start printing