Splitback Whittlers at their Best!

A hard to find American Shear & Knife Co. (pre 1914) shadow with Ivory.
Charles
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Thanks for the appreciation, gents. Always have admired and been intrigued by the whittler pattern, regardless of the blade array or covers. So many variations, all beautiful to my eye.
 
waynorth said:
Not considered a true splitback; more correctly referred to as a wedged-spring whittler perhaps, the construction and functionality make this an outstanding tool, regardless.
A large, controllable pattern at ~4 1/8", it has Stag handles that have been "doctored" to look dark end-to-end like a good Sheffield knife in Stag! This is possibly a result of one of the many "dry spells" that Stag availability has suffered.
The main blade is very thick, and relatively short, the choice of most carvers I believe. Strong yet controllable. You may notice that most carvers and serious whittlers use short blades.
An unusual feature of this knife is the uneven split of the springs! The Coping secondary is thicker and longer than the finer Pen blade, necessitating different spring sizes. The wedge is very thin, just enough to allow the secondaries to slip by unimpeded.
The semi-sunk joints ease the grip on this classic serpentine shape.
Quite a well-designed tool!!





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I just had to take this to the next Page, being the Striking Stag Beauty that has set the mark for all these other superb examples to follow suit....
 
>Nice knife, Charles. The patina on the ivory is quite striking as well!
>Great Reese, Champ.
>Glad you like that Saynor, Duncan. Thanks for kicking it up!
 
blademan 13 said:
Thanks for the appreciation, gents. Always have admired and been intrigued by the whittler pattern, regardless of the blade array or covers. So many variations, all beautiful to my eye.
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They're all beauties Jamie! I always like the look of MOP. Oddly enough, I don't have one right now. Have to fix that:)
 
Lyle - two wonderful examples- that Boker is awesome but I am afraid I am going to have to take the attention off that lovely Boker and marvel over that Shapliegh - Wow everything about that Knife is just amazing. That Bone is some of the best that one could lay eyes on.
 
Grand Böker with sunk joints there Lyle! Your collection of knives is a true reference-point.

Regards, Will
 
Thank you everyone for posting these photos. This is one pattern I keep my eyes open for. Just beautiful!
 
A couple of beautiful whittlers Lyle!
I was lucky enough to CE and CF them for a few minutes!!:D
 
Good thread, lot's of great knives posted. I have a few, but here is the only one I have a photo of right now. An IXL Wostenholm wharncliff. From the blade stamp it appears to have been a Canadian Civil Service award knife of some kind?
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Nice one, Dan! Classic whittler!
They wouldn't give knives as awards these days!!:rolleyes:
 
danno50 said:
Good thread, lot's of great knives posted. I have a few, but here is the only one I have a photo of right now. An IXL Wostenholm wharncliff. From the blade stamp it appears to have been a Canadian Civil Service award knife of some kind?
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Very interesting example. I'm certain that Robin (Pipeman) from Canada had a Wharncliffe knife-a Norfolk perhaps? - that was stamped with Canadian Govt or Civil Service. Must have been a very nice office knife then. Unfortunately, I haven't seen Robin posting here for months, pity as he was very much up in knowledge & humour added to a very remarkable taste and collection.

Thanks, Will
 
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