What are your favorite woodcarving knife makers? why?

jfk1110 said:
@Enzo’s Woodshop seem like he can do it with any knife he has!!!! Me on the.other hand don't have an artistic bone in my body🙃.....I have the flesh cut 6 blade locking one!! Its great to fahtz around with but I still come out with turds😜....I'm waiting for the gentleman whose dad does all those characters and paints them!!!!
Can't remember his handle for crap!!! Old timers I guess... I'm only just past half a century but seems I can't remember anything from yesterday back to 02 - 03 it seems!!
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Here is probably what I will start with.

And look if all I can whittle at the end is one type of gnome. I still think that will be kind of fun.
 
This is another hobby I want to try. If I can find some time, I might give it a go.

There is a gentleman down in the Buck Forum, who uses a 110, and a 119, to do some very impressive carving work.

Carving with the 119

A few months back I gave carving a go. Started with a Case Stockman and it worked fine. Since a Buck 110 is almost always with me I gave that a try too. It's awesome at everything else, why not carving? The MagnaCut and the 420HC eleventies are awesome. On a lark, I decided to see if...
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EngrSorenson said:
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@1911bphil Here's a carving I made after the fashion of Doug Linker.
I used the tools you see here; some because I had to, some because I wanted to.
Pfeil made the 5 mm #9 gouge and the upswept blade is a Deepwoods Ventures roughing knife.
(sadly I lost my straight bladed Deepwoods, but that's going to be fixed by this weekend).
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Beautiful. Such incredible vision. I value this so much more than the absolute crap being passed off as art today.
 
Bravo5five said:
Beautiful. Such incredible vision. I value this so much more than the absolute crap being passed off as art today.
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Wow, I wish I could take all the credit, but I learned from a YouTuber named Doug Linker. He’s a real pro. My mother asked for a wood spirit for her birthday, something I’ve never really done, so I had some learning to do.
 
Shosui Takeda.

His knives come with what would most commonly be called a “scandi-vex” and I found that the two I’ve used both had extremely thin but quite tough edges.

Doing similar carving left significant micro chipping on a laminated carbon Mora for reference.

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EngrSorenson said:
Most of us recognize that you can whittle or carve with knives made by lots of makers, but when you do reach for a woodcarving-specific knife, what makers do you like?

I recently went down the rabbit hole again, but opted to stick with what I know. I've got a couple new woodcarving knives on order, so I figured I'd pose the question while I wait.
I tend to favor:

Deepwoods Ventures: made to order by a guy in Minnesota who's a woodcarver, himself. 2-3 week wait, but reasonable prices for a pretty outstanding knife.

Flexcut: I like that they are ubiquitous and of good quality. $25 lands a Flexcut detail knife that does basically 85.1% of everything I need in my carving.

My only stipulation is that if you say "Helvie" that you tell me how you managed to buy one, and if you think it's worth it.
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I inherited my helvie from my woodworking father in law. His name was David Stromberg and he worked under the name Ivan Stromberg. I am more of a outdoorsman/hunter myself, so my opinion may not hold much water, but it is one of the sharpest knives I own and is great for the detail work it is designed for. honestly, I do not use it much. I dont know how he acquired it, as he was not really an internet guy, but I do know they raffle off a lot of their stuff.

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BennyBlade said:
I inherited my helvie from my woodworking father in law. His name was David Stromberg and he worked under the name Ivan Stromberg. I am more of a outdoorsman/hunter myself, so my opinion may not hold much water, but it is one of the sharpest knives I own and is great for the detail work it is designed for. honestly, I do not use it much. I dont know how he acquired it, as he was not really an internet guy, but I do know they raffle off a lot of their stuff.

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One day I hope to have a Helvie, but for now I’ll have to stick with what I have.

I no longer have the patience to figure out raffles, drops and whatnot.

You’re FiL did great work
 
Helvie went back to a production list. Order and wait. It is a 15-18 month queue right now. I am expecting my order around Feb, 2025. I figure time will pass regardless so I ordered a couple.

Drake is a 6-8 month wait as well. I have a couple gouges due around March 2024.
 
Jiki said:
Helvie went back to a production list. Order and wait. It is a 15-18 month queue right now. I am expecting my order around Feb, 2025. I figure time will pass regardless so I ordered a couple.

Drake is a 6-8 month wait as well. I have a couple gouges due around March 2024.
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Tempting! I might go for one.
 
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