whittlin' with your edc

WhittlinAway said:
The little guy is coming along nicely, StoneBeard! :thumbup:

It's great fun when recognizable features start to emerge from the block, isn't it?
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Thanks Greg :thumbup: the more time I spend whittling the more I enjoy it. With every session I learn something new and find ways to improve. I'm finding it to be a very effective way to decompress, now if only I had time to whittle every day :D
 
Love whittling. Been doing it since I was a kid. This is an inspiring thread - making me want to get out the knives and chisels!
 
Wow, you guys have some serious skills. This thread is really inspirational. I'm glad I noticed your figurine carving tutorial in your sig, Mateo. Keep those progress pics coming :thumbup:

I haven't whittled anything in 15-20 years. Recently got back into knives over the past few years and very recently traditionals, which has resparked my boyhood love for wood carving.

I randomly decided to sit down and whittle away at a woodchip at the dog park the other day. Was just going for a nice spike with a handle but the handle was too short, so I spiked out the other side too.





I'm definitely going to try something like the OP's wood carved knives but probably a bit bigger at first. Dog park wood chips seem to be the perfect starting material for those, and they're plentiful and free :D

 
PNWJimbo said:
Wow, you guys have some serious skills. This thread is really inspirational. I'm glad I noticed your figurine carving tutorial in your sig, Mateo. Keep those progress pics coming :thumbup:

I haven't whittled anything in 15-20 years. Recently got back into knives over the past few years and very recently traditionals, which has resparked my boyhood love for wood carving.

I randomly decided to sit down and whittle away at a woodchip at the dog park the other day. Was just going for a nice spike with a handle but the handle was too short, so I spiked out the other side too.





I'm definitely going to try something like the OP's wood carved knives but probably a bit bigger at first. Dog park wood chips seem to be the perfect starting material for those, and they're plentiful and free :D

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Go for it, it was a pretty easy thing to whittle.

( BTW great choice for a profile pic, South Park is awesome and Jimbo is one of their best supporting characters )
 
Well I went to the park and the pup helped me find a great chip to work with. At first I was going to try to replicate my ESEE 6 but again I didn't leave myself enough handle room (damn me for liking big blades) so I started to just wing it. Still ended up with a straight back style blade, finished most of the blade at the park and then went home and took the first set of pics. Then after dinner I chopped up a paper grocery bag and went to town on the handle. I know it's kind of ugly but it feels really good in the hand considering how small it is. I kind of just kept working at it until it felt good. Tried to show the cut away sections where the index and thumb go. FIRST TRY! Any tips appreciated. I also ordered a better knife for whittling... looking forward to posting pics of that when it comes :D

















Sorry if its too many pics. Didn't expect to do both the blade and handle today but I couldn't put it down! Will probably do some sanding tomorrow :thumbup:
 
I haven't yet tried Hickory n steel's idea of a ten-minute whittle, but I do often spend five or ten spare minutes practicing techniques or testing blades after sharpening. The results are sticks like this, carved up on all four sides:

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I bet a lot of ya'll have similar pieces of wood laying about. This one has been whittled with several knives: Schrade 34OT, modified Victorinox Recruit, Camillus #72, and just a bit with a GEC #33 Conductor Whittler. I like comparing the performance of their blade shapes in different situations.

I enjoy seeing the WIP pictures here, so I thought I'd share a couple of my own. This will eventually be a knife holder:

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The vast majority of it so far has been carved with my 34OT, but I spent some time on it last night with my newly sharpened #33.

It's the first project I've attempted where I started with only an idea and no other guide. There's still a lot of work to do before it's finished, but I'm really enjoying the process.
 
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A carving i made of my dad from wooden a wooden thread spool

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