Knives Specific for Wood Carving?

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Are there some brands you guys can suggest for knifes designed
for carving/twiddling wood? Preferably something that comes with
one large blade and another smaller blade for finer work.

I have a friend who is into carpentry and was asking. I recommended
Case, but not sure if that is the best option.

Thanks.
 
What sort of carpenter is he? (Curious as to the intended/anticipated use, I'm a carpenter and am about to make/have made a knife specifically for work.)
 
Hmm, I'm not sure. A general carpenter? lol, not really sure with the types.

But he basically does wood work from large shelves, light construction, to small
personal projects like tool boxes, jewelery boxes. He's getting more into the trade
and is building up a tool collection.
 
For random work in a wood shop, I'd pick a small-ish pointy wharncliffe. Probably a fixed blade, as there's no need for the compactness of a folder.

Something like this, but with a more robust grind:
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Exactly! 3"ish fixed blade. I'd want it as thick as possible.

I'd bet it will see at least a little light prying...
 
Does he just need something to help him out while he is working, or does he want to investigate traditional pioneering type tools?

If he just needs a knife to help him out along the way, then just about anything would do. Maybe something pointy like mentioned above. Wharncliffe blades are great for cutting out little blemishes/ fraying splinters.

If he wants pioneer tools, then a two handled draw knife would be nice. Maybe a Mora carving knife as well. Come to think of it, Mora makes a diverse selection of well made inexpensive carving knives.

Then there are axes and chisels...
 
Since he's already a woodworker, I'd guess he'd possibly like more carving specific tools.
Something along these lines - http://www.traditionalwoodworker.com/Flexcut-Carving-Tools/departments/732/ - possibly.
Right tool for the job...
I'm a woodworker and always seem to find my small Sebenza 21 in my pocket.
Personally, I'd like one in M4 or ZDP189 and up there a bit on the hardness scale. I find scary sharp edges work better for what I need in a knife, but the small Seb 21 package is overall the best lightweight, least scary to others and toughest small EDC that I own.
The Spyderco Gayle Bradley does superbly at my work, but it's big enough to get in the way when I'm crawling around a boat trying to do my thing.
 
The Kiwi would be good for fine work.
I can easily see the new Case office desk knife - with a 154cm blade doing this as well.
The carpenter knife by Roselli would do some general work, and there is a smaller one as well. They come in high carbon steel and UHC. I haven't tried the very high carbon.
If you look at what is available at Japanese Woodworker dot com, you will see a lot of carving knives - many with very hard blue steel.
 
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