opinel for carving

There was a tread here a while back about carved Opinel handles. IIRC it was in the general section so a search may yeild something.

The Japanese knife looks reasonable. They go for around $8-12 here depending on size and considering he imported it and it making money its still very reasonable.

They look like hell, but work well
 
Exactos have a very large selection of blade shapes that will handle any carving/whittling need.

Paul
 
X-acto all the way. Opinels are sharp and fairly thin-bladed, but you can't get the control you'd get with an X-acto. Get a variety pack w/ various blades. You can resharpen them easily to make them last about 20x longer.

_z
 
I use an X-acto carving set which includes a few gouges, see some here:

http://www.yankeeharvest.com/xacto/#prod3

I of course use knives, particularly some Schrade stockmans and yes Opinels, also some small rasps and files.

The Opinel handle is hardwood but not too hard to work

Here's a thread from the European forum:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=330387&highlight=opinel

My Opinels:

opinel1.jpg


Luis
 
You need thin, sharp blades for this type of work. If you are not into sharpening the X-acto knife approach is good. I like to use old fashioned pocket knives for this work. I have done it with stockman designs, but a whittler style is a natural. You want short blades like the spey blade and the sheeps foot style. Queen cutlery makes some nice ones with D2 alloy blades.
http://www.bullmancutlery.com/catalog/queen/index.html
 
ended up picking a numbe 8 from a williams and sonoma. the blade was surprisingly sharp despite feeling ehhh when I run the blade against my finger. the only complaint is that the locking ring collar is incredibly tough to use. did i happen to just pick up a deffective one or all of the ring collars hard to engage?
 
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