Best whittling knife

smitty0331

smitty0331

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What is the best whitteling knife you hav ever owned? Mine has been a Boker 4 blade congress that I got as a gift from my Dad 20 some years ago. All 4 blades have a nice patina, and still open and close crisply.
 
I use both Case and Boker Congress patterns in carbon steel. A very useful pattern for whittling especially in the models with four different blades. :thumbup:
 
i love a stockman pattern whittler (with coping and small clip blades instead of the standard secondary blades) made by western that i recieved in a trade. i think it was made during the closeout, very rough fit and finish but the blades are ground great and they cut great.

it is a very good knife, and i love it for whittling.
 
I like to use the knife from Rambo First Blood part II for whittling.....JK:D
I like the smallest of the Old Timer stockman, I forget the numbers. The Case Peanut works well also and is probably more comfortable than the OT. I use a Mora for the larger stock removal.
 
Fixed blade..... Pinewood forge O1 Sloyd knife.

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Pocket knife.... Boker Whittler in carbon steel.

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IMO any good carbon steel pocket knife with a sheepsfoot, or warncliff blade is a good one.
 
It would be cool to see pictures of items whittled with slips or traditional fixed blades. No matter how simple or intricate.

Ken
 
Thanks for the pictures! In my first post I edited out that I thought the spoons looked great. I was not 100 percent sure thats what they were from your first picture and I did not want to put my foot in my mouth!

Anyways , it has to be nice to be able to make something like the spoons and use them in your daily kitchen chores.

Ken
 
Nice work on the spoons Tarmix. Very nice. I think the middle one under the red handled knife could serve some double duty around my house if the kids get out of line. What kind of woods do you use?
 
Wow, I could post some pics. of the tooth picks that I wind up making, but I don't want to embarass everyone else with my awesome craftsmanship.
 
Thanks Guys......:cool:

Top picture is Butternut & Bass wood.
Second to top is Butternut.
Middle is Bass Wood
Bottom is Tupelo (by far my favorite)

Some of them get used in the kitchen. All end up in my Daughters' hands being used as "tea time" toys, as you can see from some of the nicks in the wood. ;)
 
Haven't done much whittling in a long time. I often used Schrade stockmen and an Opinel #7, but also an X-acto set and some gouges, sometimes a little cheating with rasps and sandpaper, when I was a kid I remember doing stuff with dad's Dremel.

In the picture the balls in cage and spoon are whittled, the rattle is, of course, turned in a lathe, all are made from spare hardwood pieces found around the house.

Luis


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I am new to whittling, but I have been using a Case Seahorse Whittler.
 
Hen & Rooster six blade Congress (one end with coarse edges, other end with razor edges for fine work). Also a Finnish . . . something, I forget what.

I got hooked on whittling again a few weeks ago when I had to recess the zinc weights into the bottom of my son's pinewood derby car, using my old SchradeUSA stockman. I've never considered myself to be that good, but a friend of mine watching me said it looked like a machine had done the work. Then I read an article by Jim Dillard in the March Tactical Knives, and I was hooked. After that, I started working on spoons for my wife, for the kitchen.

She likes my spoons, and I have an excuse to buy more knives. Score. :thumbup:

thx - cpr
 
There have been some good whittling threads before, in the General forum I think.

Tarmix101, that's nice work and fine knives.

Here's a few Schrades, my old Opinel, X-acto set, a small spoon and a bamboo music baton with chess knight handle (base lathe turned, knight whittled/carved).

Luis


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Has anyone used a three blade whittler exclusively to whittle a decoy? If so, would love to see a picture.

Ken
 
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