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WhittlinAway said:
It's good to see another strong recommendation for the Boker Carver's Congress. I'm definitely going to have to give that one a try. A spey blade isn't my first choice of a curved blade for whittling, but having one along with a pen would be handy.

Thanks for the recommendations of the other Bokers, too. If I recall correctly, they used to make a whittler pattern as well. I wonder if they still do.
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I bought this Boker Whittler a few years ago. I think they still make them, though maybe with different covers. This one is part of the Beer Barrel series.
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WhittlinAway said:
Thanks r8shell r8shell . That’s the one I was remembering. What do you think about it?
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It's a carbon steel, Solingen-made Boker, so there's nothing not to like. ;) I'm afraid I haven't used it to whittle yet. I'm fond of whittler patterns for general use pocketknives. Pretty similar assortment of edges as a stockman, but in a more elegant configuration. :thumbsup: I'll pull it out of the drawer next time I get a chance to do a little whittling and let you know. I expect it'll work well.
 
r8shell said:
It's a carbon steel, Solingen-made Boker, so there's nothing not to like. ;) I'm afraid I haven't used it to whittle yet. I'm fond of whittler patterns for general use pocketknives. Pretty similar assortment of edges as a stockman, but in a more elegant configuration. :thumbsup: I'll pull it out of the drawer next time I get a chance to do a little whittling and let you know. I expect it'll work well.
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Thanks. That’s about what I thought you mights say. Except for the haven’t whittled with it bit. ;)

Just kidding. ,I’m certainly guilty of a few whittler acquisitions tha are still waiting to be sharpened and tried. I’d usually rather be whittling with I knife I’ve got just right than be sharpening a new one. Sometimes the sharpening bug does hit, though...

And, I’m going to have to get some of that Solingen steel to put in the sharpening queue. ;)
 
WhittlinAway said:
I also do not really whittle with the large blade on my stockman knives. I've been considering sharpening one up, though, to see how I like it for the initial bulk removal stages of some whittling projects.
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In a whittling context, I think bulk stock removal is what the main blade is most suited for. I usually get impatient and find a saw or sander for a large part of my bulk stock removal.

WhittlinAway said:
What do you think of the saber grind on the Buck. Does it make any difference for whittling for you?
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Once the blade is sharpened to the thinner edge profile, that works best for whittling, then the buck 301 works well. I just checked, I took it down to around 10° per side, as opposed to the 20° plus per side it comes from the factory. I may have gotten a little carried away with the angle. I didn't check it at the time. I just set my jig near the low end of it's adjustment and started sharpening. I have only sharpened the spey blade like that. I like the thinner blades that the Boker knives have, but I also thought their edge was to blunt, and needed thinning to make a good whittler.

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It took three tries, but this one was a fun one:

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I followed the instructions and pattern given in E. J. Tangerman’s Whittling and Woodcarving and used a Camillus 72 for the bulk of the carving. I switched to my modified Case 6383 with its thin, pointy clip blade for the hinge cuts.

The first attempt looked better, right up to when it broke while I was trying to separate the parts. ;)
 
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WhittlinAway said:
It took three tries, but this one was a fun one:

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I followed the instructions and pattern given in E. J. Tangerman’s Whittling and Woodcarving and used a Camillus 72 for the bulk of the carving. I switched to my modified Case 6383 with its thin, pointy clip blade for the hinge cuts.

The first attempt looked better, right up to when it broke while I was trying to separate the parts. ;)
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For a reason unknown to me, I'm not able to see the image in your post, Greg.

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
For a reason unknown to me, I'm not able to see the image in your post, Greg.

- GT
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OLd_gUY said:
At first, me too. I right clicked it and was able to open a new tab that showed it.
Might work for you.
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yablanowitz said:
I can't see it either, and I can't seem to right click on my phone.
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Uh oh. It's actually a little video that is was hosted through Imgur. It's working fine for me when I browse on iPhone and iPad, but not in my browser on my computer. Let me see if I can find another way to post it...

Edit: 5K Qs 5K Qs yablanowitz yablanowitz I uploaded the video to the BF media gallery and edited my earlier post to use it. Please try again.
 
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OLd_gUY said:
Take a look for sure. It's purely amazing, Gracie.
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5K Qs said:
Thanks and congrats, Greg!!! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup:
I can see the video now, and those pliers are amazing! :thumbsup::):thumbsup:

- GT
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Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. Much appreciated and I'm glad you enjoyed seeing it.

yablanowitz said:
Well, I don't have permission to view it, but pliers I have done.
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I'm surprised that you can't see it. There was a permission issue when I first posted it, but that should have been resolved. o_O

I'm not surprised you've done pliers, though. It seems like something you'd enjoy tackling. :)
 
Yep, tried reloading, opening in new tab, nothing works. It could be my phone as well.
 
yablanowitz said:
I grabbed a few of mine and shot a picture.
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Nice, Jack! I particularly like your use of the pliers as a knife holder. ;)

I haven't tried that style of joint yet, but rather the one that Tangerman recommends as practice beforehand. The one you use definitely has a cleaner, tighter look. I'll have to tackle it one of these days.

I'm sorry that you, and maybe others, are having trouble seeing my video. That's a bummer. As one last try, here's the Imgur page link. Maybe that'll work for you. In the future I think I'll stick with still photos.
 
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