Whittling

I have used my brusletto balder.Its a tiny little knife 2 inch blade and a very small handle great as a neck knife or whittler.It only came hair scrapingly sharp so you will need to do some sharpening.
 
Personally I find knives with thin, flatground blades to be the best whittlers. Swiss Army Knives and Opinels are two low-cost examples. Spyderco also makes some knives with good grinds for whittling.
 
You can whittle with any knife if you want.

But I have found that both laurens and Vivi have the gist of it, IMO.

1-2 inch, thin blades with a point. Wharneclife (spelling) profile. A 4-inch handle for control.

Bark River sells some fixed blades that look good.

I had an older Case Stockman I liked for whittling, as well as a large split back Schatt and Morgan Whittler.

Currently, I'd be willing to give my Fallkniven U2 a try, but I suspect it'd be very hand tiring.
 
I should elaborate on SAKs a bit. One of the reason I like one for whittling, is you can have a Saw and Awl with you. Also, you can grind down the large flathead screwdriver to a wood chisel. This works great on Wengers that have a locking screwdriver, which is activated by applying pressure to it.

The large blade can be cumbersome for certain tasks, so a model with a matching small blade is recommended.

I'll have to take a look at Bark River. I'd like a good fixed whittler with wooden scales.
 
Spyderco Manix

Benchmade Rukus

Both are great whittling knives.

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Just kidding. I use my SAK's. I find they are good for whittling just about anything. :)
 
Ok thankyou every one. I have a small pocket knife Im trying at the mo its not too bad. Any tips on wittling. I find a sliding motion to cut the wood helps, something your probably all know anyway
 
Experiment with the angle of the knife when you're pushing into the wood. Also, just try to keep everything setup so it moves very little and you aren't likely to cut yourself. ;)
 
You should use a highly polished edge and push it through the fibers. You shouldn't have to saw at the wood. I rarely use my folders for whittling anymore as I have purpose knives for whittling and, yep, they're thin and flat ground.

The best tip I can give is wear a glove if you're holding the piece and if you're pushing hard you are either angling in too deep or your knife needs to be sharpened. I strop every few minutes.
 
FYI, Bob Dozier makes a model he calls the "Whittler". It's very thin and has a very sharp point and edge. MtMike talked me out of mine so I will have to get another one down the road. The model # is K-13

Ciao
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The Dozier shop has a couple Whittler's in stock. ;) This is rare.

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You can call the office if you are interested and I will be happy to help you. You can find the specs of this knife here : www.dozierknives.com/k-13.html


Alicia
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I know that is sacrilege to say this on a knife forum but I have a antique chisel half inch across with a walnut handle and brass ring that is a dream for hand whittling, much harder to cut yourself. Also my Opinel works very well carbon blade holds up well.

Those knifes above look loverly
 
Don't know what is sacrilege about using a chisel.

When I was a teen, I had an old ex-farmer neighbor who carried one in his bib-overalls (a noticeable difference as most seemed to carry sharpened putty knives).

He used that thing to cut about everything.
 
I tried to whittle a chicken but it ended up looking like a cat so I gave it to my mom and told her it was a cat. :o I'll try to post a photo later but it looks like crap.

I used a Case CV Medium Stockman and a Queen D2 Whittler. I don't know what wood I used but it was laying in the backyard and it was really hard to work with. I'd like to give it another shot but I want to find some softer wood first. I picked up Chris Lubkemann's book and it has some cool looking projects I want to try.

Maybe we can have a Whittling Forum under the Training section?
 
http://www.woodcarvers.com/kn078.htm

Just get you one of these and you'll soon be carvin' up a storm. For the money it isn't a bad deal. The blades cut well and the entire kit that comes with it is complete offering all you need to do years and years worth of whittling and carving.

I have one myself and for that matter, if you want a nice kit of high quality carving knives check out the one A.G.Russell sells in the 'for men' section of his web site here. I have this set also and its great.

http://www.russellsformen.com/03rch03items/hir-9pcset.html

STR
 
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