What have you been whittling with your traditionals?

[Jiki]

I have that same queen 48. There is an example of D2 tool steel with super sharp blades.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I have that same queen 48. There is an example of D2 tool steel with super sharp blades.

Yeah, I like it a lot. My secondaries have a slight blade play which is bothersome, and the main blade is a little too thick behind the edge.
I might eventually send it away for a primary regrind and tightening up the secondary joint, but I love the balloon whittler pattern with clip main.

I did have more trouble getting a pristine edge with the D2, but once I got it there it seems to do just great.

 

[Jiki]

Yeah, I like it a lot. My secondaries have a slight blade play which is bothersome, and the main blade is a little too thick behind the edge.
I might eventually send it away for a primary regrind and tightening up the secondary joint, but I love the balloon whittler pattern with clip main.

I did have more trouble getting a pristine edge with the D2, but once I got it there it seems to do just great.

Mine came razor sharp out of the box. I have just maintained it. I have a d2 sowbelly from queen that is like a saw it is so toothy, I have not been able to do anything with that one.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I have a d2 sowbelly from queen that is like a saw it is so toothy, I have not been able to do anything with that one.

That's interesting- this was more my experience. The Factory sharpening job was honestly the worst I'd seen.
I think my #48 was one of the final runs Queen did, and I've read where the quality really got hit or miss in the final years.

 

[JM2]

Wow, some real neat stuff. I like the key. Hadn’t seen that before. I’d thought of a top, but ain’t made one yet. Well, with a knife. I made some with a lathe. Thanks for sharing.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I’d thought of a top, but ain’t made one yet. Well, with a knife. I made some with a lathe.

Yeah, lathes make it fast and fun- I also enjoy making them that way, but making a top with a knife is a particular challenge.
If you start from square stock, you can test your process. Ideally you should be able to plan it such that it comes out fairly symmetrical.
If you start from natural stock, you can test your eye.

 

[David Kramp]

Really enjoy seeing everyone’s work and the different knives used.

I recently built this knife in an attempt to make a good all-around whittling/woodworking knife. Plus, I like the shape of the frame. I know some may dislike the Tanto tipped main blade (not traditional) but I did have an idea in mind for its use. I like using common grade hardwoods and adding bow-ties or butterfly joints to stabilize imperfections. I figured a Tanto tipped blade might accomplish the task by using the front tip for chiseling push cuts .

A clip point main blade for hollowing material may have been a better choice in a near all-around whittling knife.

 

[dantzk8]

Here's a Queen whittler in D2 i bought on the second market. I don't know the model or the year of production. Well made. I could get it sharp but failed at getting the keeness i get with carbon steel and low alloy tool steels. Too bad.



Dan.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Really enjoy seeing everyone’s work and the different knives used.

I recently built this knife in an attempt to make a good all-around whittling/woodworking knife. Plus, I like the shape of the frame. I know some may dislike the Tanto tipped main blade (not traditional) but I did have an idea in mind for its use. I like using common grade hardwoods and adding bow-ties or butterfly joints to stabilize imperfections. I figured a Tanto tipped blade might accomplish the task by using the front tip for chiseling push cuts .

A clip point main blade for hollowing material may have been a better choice in a near all-around whittling knife.

Gorgeous knife, and one that looks very useful. I'd just add that when I'm whittling larger surfaces, as in planing something down, I do like to use a large curving belly.
It reduces the amount of wood I'm cutting at a time and makes the chore a little easier, even if it does leave a slightly scalloped effect.
The only thing I'd do differently is make that other secondary... reverse tanto?... back into something akin to a spey.

 

[David Kramp]

Gorgeous knife, and one that looks very useful. I'd just add that when I'm whittling larger surfaces, as in planing something down, I do like to use a large curving belly.
It reduces the amount of wood I'm cutting at a time and makes the chore a little easier, even if it does leave a slightly scalloped effect.
The only thing I'd do differently is make that other secondary... reverse tanto?... back into something akin to a spey.

Thank you for the kind words and the suggestions with explanation.

The other secondary I’d say is a modified Wharncliffe. It’s probably redundant but I placed it on the opposite end with a bit more heft in the blade instead of the skinnier Wharncliffe next to the main. I may play around with adding a traditional stockman spey blade on that end as you suggest.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Been messing around with this piece of basswood, no plan or purpose just something to cut on.

 

[JM2]

Been messing around with this piece of basswood, no plan or purpose just something to cut on.

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Looks like you got all the skills required.

 

[JM2]

Here’s some inspiration. It don’t always go right.

 

[JM2]

Here’s a little ornament and a spoon. The ornament is waxed. I don’t know what kind of wood this is. I think pecan. I found a room divider thing beside the road in the neighbors trash. It was hand made and I’d guess from the 70s or so. It was stained walnut. And I thought it was walnut until I sanded the wood. I have a stack of boards, each about 5/16” x 4” x 8” of this wood. This is the first I’ve done with it. It does okay. Doesn’t split unduly, and is about as dense as walnut.

Here’s y’all’s X for the day.


Here’s the Imgur image.

https://imgur.com/a/DWzClWV

 

[JM2]

I wasn’t happy with it so I cleaned it up some after the pic and rewaxed it.

 

[JM2]

I ain’t been getting a lot done whittling, but I been woodcutting and working so it’s evening out.... these I think are pecan wood. The bell has been sanded, a departure from my normal as whittled surface.

https://imgur.com/4z9iP8v

 

[JM2]

Here’s a couple projects. Finally finished the spoon all the way. Not sure how I like the bell. The heart was fun, just got to finish the outside.

https://imgur.com/PKrCbik

 

[JM2]

Here’s the finished heart. Finished it mostly while I was whooping the wife at scrabble.

https://imgur.com/AktMK69

I’d never done an inside heart before. It was fun. I’m on an ornament kick it seems. I’ve stalled on the dog I was working on. Hmmm.

Got a couple scoops I’m working on a little.

I’d like to thank the folks behind the scenes for sorting the picture issue out and making my red Xs turn back into the pictures they were.

 

[JM2]

I got energetic today. Here is the progression for folks that never seen an old timey hand whittled ornament.

Most of the shaping was done before separation, so all I had to do was clean up the tip basically.

https://imgur.com/zpxKadz

https://imgur.com/9qrTzkQ

https://imgur.com/WLHrZSJ

https://imgur.com/gfBp0UI

https://imgur.com/dLsoJGX

 

[Just Tom.]