my bassoon teacher at camp (at the Philadelphia International Music Festival) told me to get a reed making kit with a mandrel, knife, plaque, and wood block. where might i get this?

You can find them online. Several of the large suppliers will have one - just google for reedmaking kit or similar words and they will come up.

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Or you can buy all the items separately, also online. Again, the large suppliers will have everything.