whittling-knives and stuff

This is what I use most of the time, a 17+/- year old Wenger SAK and a Frosts Mora. I broke the tip off the small blade on the SAK and used a Dremel to grind it down a bit more. I usually only carve walking sticks and little army men but I read in that other thread about the basswood ball in cage and I'm going out today after I visit my mom in the hospital to get some. I've never worked with basswood, usually just dead wood I find in the back yard or while hunting.

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thanks all who helped me with this. i'm going to get started soon once i get the basswood and a decent slipjoint. thanks again for all the good pointers, hope i'll get any good at whittling.

dennis
 
I am always glad to see someone join the whittling fraternity. We have to keep this fine pastime alive.
 
Could anyone show pictures of their whittling/carving?, It would be cool and nice and educational. Here´s a spoon and two balls in a cage, both in pine (the rattle is of course not whittled but turned in a lathe):

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A closeup of the cage:

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Luis
 
A variation of the ball in the cage............2 balls in a cage took 28 hrs during lunch at work, they all thought I was nuts.
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Don Luis said:
I'd say very good for first and under 4 hours :) , what knife is that?, looks like a Wenger with a modified blade.

Luis
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Thanks! Yep it's a Wenger with a modified (broken and ground down) blade. I tried to make another ball cage today but ended up cutting myself twice and going to the hospital to get fixed up lol :D :rolleyes:
 
nelsonmc, I hope you are OK.

I should have remembered the Wenger from your previous post, sorry I wasn't paying much attention.

Luis
 
man... i tried whittling a small dagger with a wenger and a couple saks, i dulled knife after knife and i ended up busting out the dremel. it's some leftover wood they used in the construction for the addition for my house. it must be treated or something, it's tough as hell. beginners need to start with some lighter wood like balsa or something :mad:
 
Don Luis said:
nelsonmc, I hope you are OK.

I should have remembered the Wenger from your previous post, sorry I wasn't paying much attention.

Luis
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Oh I'm fine, feel more stupid than anything :)
S**t happens right.
 
neosporin said:
man... i tried whittling a small dagger with a wenger and a couple saks, i dulled knife after knife and i ended up busting out the dremel. it's some leftover wood they used in the construction for the addition for my house. it must be treated or something, it's tough as hell. beginners need to start with some lighter wood like balsa or something :mad:
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Get some basswood, it's a bit harder than balsa IMO but still really easy to cut. You can get it at craft stores.
 
nelsonmc said:
All I have to do is sand and stain... took me almost 4 hours :D

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you did that in under 4 hours with a Wenger POS?! :eek:

wow, that's amazing. i hope to ever get as good at it as you...

btw, what wood was did you use?

dennis
 
dennis75 said:
you did that in under 4 hours with a Wenger POS?! :eek:

wow, that's amazing. i hope to ever get as good at it as you...

btw, what wood was did you use?

dennis
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Yes, it really isn't that hard, it's Basswood which is rather soft and easy to cut. I've been wittling since I was like 5, just never anything complex like this. I have wittled little army men before, but those took forever cause of the size. I tried to make the same thing again yesterday but with a chisel, and that ended up bad if you read another post of mine :D So I'll stick to knives from now on.

If it was made of like pine or oak I'm sure I couldn't do this in under 4 hours, maybe I'll get some pine today and see, if my hand can take it :p
 
Y'all wouldn't believe what I've been carving lately! Aged hickory axe handles. I think that it ranks 2 or 3 points below 'suicide' on the Moh's Hardness Scale! Rosewood and lignum vitae, ironwood... I like the fine detail I can get with the hardwoods, and the longevity of the finished product. Why are the most beautiful of woods also the hardest? Chippy if not careful. Knives, of course, must be sharp as a .. well... knife! Sometimes the carving takes hundreds of hours... It does wear grooves in a couple of fingertips that last for hours, after each 'bout'. I tried to post a coupla pix of carvings but am unable to add attachments anymore. I don't know why.
Oh well, good night all, and safe and happy whittlin'! *__-
 
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