Boker Deluxe Whittler

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bennyG19

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I got one of these for Christmas:
http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/boker/images/bo280jrbi.jpg

I like it a lot. I am trying to learn to convex sharpen, and this one worked out great for that. I do have a question. The small blades are on their own backspring, but the main blade is between the small blades and rests on both backsprings. Is this common? Is this how whittlers are designed? It is different than my limited experience with stockmans, etc. I remember reading that Bokers have weak backsprings, but this one is about like my Case or Old Timers. I think it will get some pocket time, but I also got an amber bone Case CV Small Texas Jack and it refuses to leave my pocket right now.
 
Yes, the split backspring (one for each small blade with the other end of both for the main) is pretty much standard for whittler pattern knives. Some have a tapered spacer or liner between the springs at the small blade end, earning them the name splitback whittler.

Edit to add picture. Top to bottom: Parker Doc's Whittling Knife with flat springs, Hen and Rooster with tapered springs, Case splitback whittler.
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Schrade did this as well on the 804 pattern. The split backs are a sweet whittler pattern. :thumbup:
 
It gives you a thick, stout main blade for hard work and two small, thin blades for detail. The most common seems to be a small pen blade for belly and a small coping blade for straight. I find I do more of my whittling with the smaller blades and larger tasks (like cutting off the stick to whittle ;)) with the main blade.

As far as the springs go, using 3 springs (one for each blade) would result in either a thinner main blade or a much thicker knife
 
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