What have you been whittling with your traditionals?

They are both pecan, from a limb I took off a tree in Dad's yard a few days before he passed away. The big one has a few coats of marine spar urethane, the small one is still unfinished.
 
For the folks that use the spey blade to hollow out a spoon or bowl, what is your technique?
Are you making a series of nall nick notches? Or scoring first, then removing material? Or more like scraping?

Thanks for your help.
 
For shallow work I just make several angled passes and work progressively deeper. At one point I had a spoon knife I'd made from an old bandsaw mill blade. I gave it to a friend of mine who admired it and likes to carve walking sticks. She's been happy with it. Haven't gotten around to making another just yet, but this reminds me to move it up the list.
 
Whittled a fork/spatula at camp earlier this week.

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I split a few blanks off a maple round with a froe and dressed them with a drawknife before I left.

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Square_peg said:
Whittled a fork/spatula at camp earlier this week.

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I split a few blanks off a maple round with a froe and dressed them with a drawknife before I left.

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…to go back in the house?

That’s cool, and no offense meant, but that looks like somebody’s back yard?
 
Thats some awesome work on that fork. I love that old Craftsman knife, never seen one like that before. I'd guess it was made by schrade?
 
Square_peg said:
The rough work was done in the back yard before heading to camp. The fork was carved from the blank at camp. I'm trying to instill an interest in whittling to my grandchildren.
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Ah, understood. That’s a great skill to teach and I hope they catch on. It’s addictive once you whittle something nice for the first time.

My daughter has that exact same old timer whittling knife, given to her by a good friend - 6850 6850
 
JM2 said:
Thats some awesome work on that fork. I love that old Craftsman knife, never seen one like that before. I'd guess it was made by schrade?
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Yes, it's a Schrade 49er re-branded with the Craftsman logo. I love the feel of 49er with the thumbs grip on the back of the blade. It gives better control for whittling.

I have a well used Schrade version of that knife. That one lost 3/16" off the tip but I reground it so that you really can't tell unless you hold it next to an original knife.

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AntDog said:
Ah, understood. That’s a great skill to teach and I hope they catch on. It’s addictive once you whittle something nice for the first time.

My daughter has that exact same old timer whittling knife, given to her by a good friend - 6850 6850
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We started by letting them whittle their own marshmallow toasting sticks. We taught them to flatten the tips so the marshmallows won't twist. My grandson kept at it, perfecting his stick for an hour.

That little Mora is a nice carving knife.
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