Blessed with a Pocket Carver.

JM2

JM2

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Well, I have been blessed with a new weapon in my whittling arsenal. I never expected this gift from Jakeywax31 Jakeywax31 . Nor do I really know what I had done that prompted such kindness and generosity. However, not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I am grateful to accept.

Thanks Paul for this and the other gifts that are in process of being razor edged.

https://imgur.com/a/LkbpeoT

I started with my soft Arkansas stone, to get a feel for it, that didn’t do nothing but dull my stone. So I used my dmt diamond stone to get it where I wanted and finished with my translucent Arkansas and a few swipes on the leather.

https://imgur.com/a/LsF9Os4

They temper their 1095 harder than woodpeckers lips. I’m more accustomed to chicken beaks... now we’ll see how it does.

I forgot to mention. This is my first foray with GEC and with micarta as handle material.
 
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sf fanatic said:
Looks great! That PC looks familiar too 😉.
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Help me buy a good whittling knife for a friend.

I am not a whittler but have a good friend who is. Wanting some good suggestions on a good all around whittling pocket knife. I am way out of my element. Looking to spend around 70 to 100 dollars. I have seen some fantastic examples of your skills. What knife do you prefer? Thanks for the help...
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/blessed-with-a-pocket-carver.1886459/
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Good work, everybody!
 
I love these knives, and they are my absolute favorite whittlers. I have a ton of splitback whittlers and the pocket carver is (in my humble opinion) the best design of them all. A natural linen version is my user. And yes, Dan is the man.
 
Can those that have one anyone offer tips on sharpening?

What I did so far that worked is, fine DMT, extra fine DMT, translucent Arkansas, strop. That gave me a very nice edge. However, after using it some it needed a touch up and it seemed I needed to go back to the DMT stone before the translucent Arkansas would do any good.

I probably will pick up an xxfine dmt next.

I forgot, (just remembered) I have green polishing compound; I can load a strop and try that for touch ups.
 
JM2 said:
Can those that have one anyone offer tips on sharpening?

What I did so far that worked is, fine DMT, extra fine DMT, translucent Arkansas, strop. That gave me a very nice edge. However, after using it some it needed a touch up and it seemed I needed to go back to the DMT stone before the translucent Arkansas would do any good.

I probably will pick up an xxfine dmt next.

I forgot, (just remembered) I have green polishing compound; I can load a strop and try that for touch ups.
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Opinions may differ but here is mine about that important topic.
For wood whittling you have to set an acute edge angle (from 20° to 25°inclusive).
To achieve this task you can use a DMT coarse or fine plate. A ceramic stone up to 1000 grit will work as well.
Now is coming the problem.
You need, for whittling, a keen and polished edge. Each time I've used an extrafine diamond plate i've got weird results, most of the time edge holding problems, using the extra-extra fine didn't work better. I didn't understand why until i read this very interesting study:

scienceofsharp.com

The Diamond Plate Progression

In The Honing Progression entry, an example of apex geometry refinement during honing with Shapton glass stones was presented. A slow, but linear improvement in sharpness and keenness was observed…
scienceofsharp.com scienceofsharp.com

So for keening the edge and fix some minor damages i would advise the use of ceramic or natural stones. I stop at 5000 grit but one of those days i will get a 8000 or even 12000 grit ceramic stone.

The frequent use of a leather strop is highly recommended. You won't need to go back to the stone that often.

Dan.
 
dantzk8 said:
Opinions may differ but here is mine about that important topic.
For wood whittling you have to set an acute edge angle (from 20° to 25°inclusive).
To achieve this task you can use a DMT coarse or fine plate. A ceramic stone up to 1000 grit will work as well.
Now is coming the problem.
You need, for whittling, a keen and polished edge. Each time I've used an extrafine diamond plate i've got weird results, most of the time edge holding problems, using the extra-extra fine didn't work better. I didn't understand why until i read this very interesting study:

scienceofsharp.com

The Diamond Plate Progression

In The Honing Progression entry, an example of apex geometry refinement during honing with Shapton glass stones was presented. A slow, but linear improvement in sharpness and keenness was observed…
scienceofsharp.com scienceofsharp.com

So for keening the edge and fix some minor damages i would advise the use of ceramic or natural stones. I stop at 5000 grit but one of those days i will get a 8000 or even 12000 grit ceramic stone.

The frequent use of a leather strop is highly recommended. You won't need to go back to the stone that often.

Dan.
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Thanks for your insight.
 
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