>>358724Good choice bro, Mine gets more use than I was expecting, they're a pleasure to use.
Start with spoons before you move on to bigger stuff, your first few will probably look like shite but don't let it put you off, practise makes perfect.
Here's uncle Ray giving you an outline of the basics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vboIz99U4MAnd this is a good explanation of how to use the crook knife:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjrhB6o1tSkMy advice, less is more. You'll get better results by taking off small slivers at a time than trying to take out a big chunk in one go.
Google up how to sharpen them as well.