Anybody use a wharnie

[bondy]

Hi fellas just wondering if anbody uses a wharnie for there bushcrafting.
iv just made one and i really like the blade shape, heres mine lets see yours.

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its 2mm saw blade oak scales white liners antler bolsters. Warren

 

[pitdog]

Great job, that's a mean looking blade !

 

[John G]

Youch! That little guy looks p-o-i-n-t-y. Sweet design!

 

[caine]

Here is two from Blind Horse Knives

 

[KuRUpTD]

Nicely done :thumbup:

 

[udtjim]

I have a new one coming from JK this month. I am a fan of the design. I also have the Benchmade Investigator.

 

[TheGame]

That point looks pretty .. well, pointy. Very nice :thumbup:
I don't really use them much, myself. Always like a good belly on a blade.

 

[Bushman5]

I love wharnies, pure cutting blade. I wish all my knives were wharnies, the style of blade allows for 100% use of the blade, compared to drop points etc where you only really use a small portion of the blade.

 

[VTguy]

-- the style of blade allows for 100% use of the blade, compared to drop points etc where you only really use a small portion of the blade.

I don't find this to be true what so ever but each his own I don't care for wharnies really because I like some belly in the blade. My first experience with this blade shape was using a leek extensively. After a few months of use I decided that, while I like wharnies aesthethically, I hated how they handled:barf: too bad like I said I like how they look (I do wonder if it was the blade steel not the blade shape) Still I can't figure out why you would only be able to use a small amount of a drop point, DP's are my favorite blade style...I guess I can,and do use the entire blade so I should just appreciate I don't have what ever ails you:thumbup: This is why there are so many different types of knives though right

However to the OP that IS a beautiful blade!! I hope it performs as good as it looks, for you!!

 

[Bushman5]

^ i have YET to ever use the curved portion/tip of a drop point or similar for anything other than sticking it into a stump.

 

[Md 25v]

Bushman- do you hunt?
I have several wharnies and love them for their respective uses. They have the most acute point and excel at carving and utility chores like opening boxes, etc...
But, they are not the most rounded knives for the outdoors. A knife with some belly allows for better game processing, like skinning and hide scraping. The curved belly makes the cutting edge longer as well, which also helps in skinning. The point of a wharnclif blade is both more acute and more delicate, which depending on the knifes purpose, could be a blessing or a curse.

 

[Bushman5]

any skinning ive done has been with a razor blade, like most of the hunters here......it too has a wharnie shape. I've yet to see any hunters here other than Inuit use curved blades.

might be a regional thing?

BTW that is a beautiful blade the OP made

 

[The Government]

Nice handle shape!
Is that a scandi grind too! -I like it:thumbup:

 

[Md 25v]

any skinning ive done has been with a razor blade, like most of the hunters here......it too has a wharnie shape. I've yet to see any hunters here other than Inuit use curved blades.

might be a regional thing?

BTW that is a beautiful blade the OP made

Thats interesting. I'm on the East coast (U.S) and a 3-4 inch blade is the standard here with most deer hunters. I went to Alaska two years ago on a Moose hunt and the guide used a large curved blade (8-9in) to skin, then cape, the moose. Maybe it is regional.

 

[Stickman]

That's interesting, maybe it is a regional thing...just goes to show, eh? One advantage of the curved portion of a blade is that it applies the cutting force in a very small area and results in efficient cutting without a lot of effort. Even with a slicing motion, the force is still on a small (tangent) area as the curve (belly) moves thru the material.

 

[VTguy]

Must be a regional thing. I come from a family of hunter/fishermen/farmers I have processed alot of game and domestic animals. If I pulled out a razor blade to do any of the chores, for any of these tasks other then stuff you use a utility knife for(drywall, carpet etc...), everyone around me, friends and family would be laughing at me for a month!! It's funny because when you first said you don't use all the blade on a drop point I though you meant you don't use the straight portion. My first lessons in using a blade was how to properly use the curved portion to slice. (first deer in the house I remember ~age4) just goes to show you...more then one way to skin... I still can't imagine using a straight blade to process game though like I said must be a regional thing.

 

[Bushman5]

Must be a regional thing. I come from a family of hunter/fishermen/farmers I have processed alot of game and domestic animals. If I pulled out a razor blade to do any of the chores, for any of these tasks other then stuff you use a utility knife for(drywall, carpet etc...), everyone around me, friends and family would be laughing at me for a month!! It's funny because when you first said you don't use all the blade on a drop point I though you meant you don't use the straight portion. My first lessons in using a blade was how to properly use the curved portion to slice. (first deer in the house I remember ~age4) just goes to show you...more then one way to skin... I still can't imagine using a straight blade to process game though like I said must be a regional thing.

thats just it, thats ALL i use, i have never used the belly. Its just wasted knife to me. Heck i'm looking at my BK2 and several other blades right now and thinking of turning it into a wharnie with the metal bandsaw and a water coolled grinder.

As for using razor blades, you just hold them in your fingers with about 5mm of the tip exposed, zip em along and there is your game slit open, ready for hide removal.

< note the wharnie shape

 

[Md 25v]

I think it's pretty cool that your way is so different from mine. It works for you, and that just shows that there's more than one knife to skin a cat.

 

[bondy]

Cheers guys:thumbup:,i think when you get used to the straight cutting edge
there pretty good knife, obviously there not good at everything,
but no blade is .Warren

 

[fishshooter]

thats just it, thats ALL i use, i have never used the belly. Its just wasted knife to me. Heck i'm looking at my BK2 and several other blades right now and thinking of turning it into a wharnie with the metal bandsaw and a water coolled grinder.

As for using razor blades, you just hold them in your fingers with about 5mm of the tip exposed, zip em along and there is your game slit open, ready for hide removal.

< note the wharnie shape

I still can't picture how you could effeciently skin a larger animal with a completely straight edge. I quess it is what you are used to. :thumbup: A skinning blade can't have too much belly for me. My favorite is a bull nose skinner. And yes, that is a beatiful knife the OP posted.