The Whittling Corner

[Jolipapa]

Lovely

 

[JaxBaron]

Got caught up on some painting today...

Nice carvings. I really enjoy Doug outside carving how tos! Keep up the great work.

 

[zolthar]

Got caught up on some painting today...

Impressive!

 

[Jiki]

Nice carvings. I really enjoy Doug outside carving how tos! Keep up the great work.

A little of Doug, but mostly Mike Shipley on these.

 

[Fodderwing]

Got caught up on some painting today...

Wonderful work. They are so full of life and individual personality. Amazing skill.

 

[screened porch]

I bought this at an antique mall yesterday because it's real glass and it was under $5. I noticed later that someone seems to have whittled his own handle.

 

[lutejones]

They got me,
hands on

 

[screened porch]

I seated the saddle for my uke.

 

[Jiki]

So I challenged myself on this project to only use traditional folders. I started by reprofiling the pen blade on my AJ to much tighter angle (I can't tell you what angle because I did it free hand). The most of the carve was done with that knife. I switched to the RR whittler for some of the inside cuts. Then to the possum skinner warncliff blade for the finishing work. You can have your opinion on rough rider knives but they do come sharp as the dickens.

 

[CasePeanut]

So I challenged myself on this project to only use traditional folders. I started by reprofiling the pen blade on my AJ to much tighter angle (I can't tell you what angle because I did it free hand). The most of the carve was done with that knife. I switched to the RR whittler for some of the inside cuts. Then to the possum skinner warncliff blade for the finishing work. You can have your opinion on rough rider knives but they do come sharp as the dickens.

looks great! whats your take on using Trad Folders instead of carving knives (or whatever you might regularly use)?

 

[Jiki]

The carving knives have large comfortable handles that prevent your hands from getting tired and the blades move thru the wood like butter. That being said part of the reason I started carving was to use my pocket knives more. The warncliff blade on the 82s is a fantastic carver, I also have a Dixie stockman in stag that handle is very comfortable. I think if I could get a full flat grind on the pen blade of the 78 it would be really nice to carve with. It is so thick it requires quite a bit of effort on stop cuts and the like. The leverage with the 78 and the long pen is good and that is where in my opinion the rough rider lacks comfort.

 

[CasePeanut]

The carving knives have large comfortable handles that prevent your hands from getting tired and the blades move thru the wood like butter. That being said part of the reason I started carving was to use my pocket knives more. The warncliff blade on the 82s is a fantastic carver, I also have a Dixie stockman in stag that handle is very comfortable. I think if I could get a full flat grind on the pen blade of the 78 it would be really nice to carve with. It is so thick it requires quite a bit of effort on stop cuts and the like. The leverage with the 78 and the long pen is good and that is where in my opinion the rough rider lacks comfort.

Thank you! This was a great overview but also dangerous because now I want to try the 78 & 82 patterns!

 

[Jiki]

Have a whale of a Saturday.

 

[Jiki]

 

[Old Biker]

A couple years back I roughed out a block of Basswood to try to make a copy of this guy.

And then it sat by my computer ever since, mocking me. So a couple weeks ago I got out these and got to work.

I used the hook knife for the bulk of the stock removal, and the various blades on the Boker congress for the finish work. It seemed like I was forever closing one blade to open another, but at least I had the choices. After 6 or 7 hours it looked like this.

This is what he looks like with a few coats of paint.

And here he is doing his job.

O.B.

 

[zolthar]

Say hello to Rido Dido, not quit as cool as his brother Fido

 

[WhittlinAway]

Yikes! It's been a long time since I've checked in here.

lutejones : it's great to see you hard at work.

Jiki : nice job on the spiral, whale, and little guy. You've got a quite a selection of folders that you've put into whittling service!

O Old Biker : that's a cool eye glasses holder! I'm glad you finished it. It's interesting that you use the hook knife for the bulk of the stock removal. Is that your usual approach? That's not something I've tried with my hook knives, but now I'm curious.

zolthar : That guy's got quite the mop top! May I ask what knife that is?

I haven't had as much time for either the forum or for whittling projects as I would like, but I did manage to (finally) finish up this guy on Friday:

It was an on-again-off-again project that I've slowly been moving to completion over the past year. I used most of my knives on it at one time or other, depending on what I had handy, but these are the ones that put in most of the work, all of which I've shown here before:

It was actually the small clip blade of the 72 that put in the most work for that knife, but the coping blade got the nod for the photo since I used it last as I was carving in the details of his hair.

 

[Old Biker]

O Old Biker : that's a cool eye glasses holder! I'm glad you finished it. It's interesting that you use the hook knife for the bulk of the stock removal. Is that your usual approach? That's not something I've tried with my hook knives, but now I'm curious.

I haven't used the hook knife for that before, but the shape of his face particularly lends itself to the use of a hook knife. I learned that the hook knife works well for removing large areas of wood, because the curve of the blade, keeps the tip out of the work, so it doesn't tear up the work.

O.B.

 

[zolthar]

Yikes! It's been a long time since I've checked in here.

lutejones : it's great to see you hard at work.

Jiki : nice job on the spiral, whale, and little guy. You've got a quite a selection of folders that you've put into whittling service!

O Old Biker : that's a cool eye glasses holder! I'm glad you finished it. It's interesting that you use the hook knife for the bulk of the stock removal. Is that your usual approach? That's not something I've tried with my hook knives, but now I'm curious.

zolthar : That guy's got quite the mop top! May I ask what knife that is?

It's a Böker 7588 medium stockman (3 3/8"). That guy looks great, very impressive how much detail you're able to produce.

 

[WhittlinAway]

I haven't used the hook knife for that before, but the shape of his face particularly lends itself to the use of a hook knife. I learned that the hook knife works well for removing large areas of wood, because the curve of the blade, keeps the tip out of the work, so it doesn't tear up the work.

O.B.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing more detail. I recently saw a video of someone using a hook knife in part of the shaping of a coat peg that was made from a section of a tree limb and an offshoot branch. The shape made it a lot easier to get the knife into areas that would have otherwise been tricky to cut cleanly without the edge touching another part of the carving. It's fun to see what people use them for other than spoons and cups.

It's a Böker 7588 medium stockman (3 3/8"). That guy looks great, very impressive how much detail you're able to produce.

Ah, I should have guessed it was a Böker. It looked familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Looks like a fine whittling knife.

And thank you for the kind words.