Wood Whittling

[Eathprod]

What traditional folder do you prefer when whittling wood, carving and such?
Do you like a knife with a thicker blade for this?
Thinking carbon steel, wharncliff blade, clip point and a pen blade, but need inspiration.

 

[Bigfattyt]

Great pic!

I have not used a traditional much for wood carving (have done some long sessions with knives that were really not suited for it!).

I have a poll axe I throw, and it breaks handles regularly. I take pick handles and carve them down. If you have ever spend a week or more whittling a hickory pick handle down to fit a socket, with nothing more than a pocket knife, you know about blisters and sore thumbs!

I think key will be how the knife fits your hand, and how the other blades lie when closed.

I think a nice cattle barron from GEC might be a good pick for whittling. good variety of blades, and plenty of handle. But for dedicated carving, most use single bladed tools!

GEC also makes a three blade whittler, which looks great, but it does not have a warnclif blade.

The Gepetto Whittler from GEC looks like it might be just what you are looking for!

 

[Blues]

Four blade congress is my favorite for whittling (with four different blade profiles as opposed to two redundant pair).

 

[oldrifleman]

I like a queen whitler in D2, but I bought my daughter (8) a Med case stockman (with a pen blade) to use when we go camping. I think hers cuts better than mine. Steven

 

[sappyg]

I've tried quite a few different traditionals as well as carving knives for whittling. For me, the most usefull blade regardless of the knife is a warncliff. Another is the coping blade followed by a pen or small clip. Thin flat ground blades will let you make good clean cuts. Thicker blades tend to make glancing cuts.

RR makes a very good Congress and Whittler pattern that is perfect for whittling. They hold a good edge, touch up quick and the blades are nice and thin.

Lately, I've been using the SBJ and had no issues with it and a Peanut is good for detail. Most any pocket knife will do but I would avoid Queen. On the examples I have the blade grind is too thick

 

[kamagong]

I have a Queen half-whittler that I like very much. But it's pretty small at 3 1/8" closed, so I'm looking to get something bigger. The GEC Half-Congress with a wharncliffe main blade looks good.

- Christian

 

[lwt210]

Schrade Walden 804.

 

[OzarkCreekWalker]

I use a Mora (yeah i know he said folder) to start and a Peanut to finish (Note that I don't do greatly detailed whittling or anything). I don't like congress or whittler patterns very much but would function very well solely as a whittling knife.

 

[yablanowitz]

I whittle with whatever happens to come out of my pocket at the time. Some of the most likely pieces are

GEC Courthouse Whittler

GEC Half Congress

Schrade 804 Large whittler, A.K.A. carpenter's knife

Case 6308 whittler

Schrade 8OT stockman

 

[FLymon]

I used just the #25 Sheepsfoot Jack in the picture to whittle my first (and only) ball-in-cage you see here. The Sheepsfoot is sort of an obvious choice, especially for the initial "V" cuts made for removing strips of wood in the beginning. I found the small pen blade to be pretty useful, especially in the final shaping of the ball.
The 1095 steel stayed sharp throughout on the soft Basswood. I stropped them both real good once or twice, but they really didn't need it. I sharpened both blades to maybe 12 degrees per side (25 degrees inclusive).

 

[Peregrin]

I really like the Case/Bose Norfolk whittler. The Wharncliffe and the small Clip are a great blade combination, and they are ground nice and thin. The 154-CM is a fine steel and holds an edge well. The knife is comfortable to hold, when using either blade.

 

[kamagong]

I really like the Case/Bose Norfolk whittler. The Wharncliffe and the small Clip are a great blade combination, and they are ground nice and thin. The 154-CM is a fine steel and holds an edge well. The knife is comfortable to hold, when using either blade.

Too bad they're no longer made...

- Christian

 

[heresthedeal]

I seem to always go to a stockman, 1/2 dozen different makers, all carbon steel blades, with 3 different profiles.
just yesterday i used one to fit a maul head on a new handle. a small well worn(twenty years of resharpening) schrade worked perfect, even after i cut myself doing something stupid. I use them to carve wood and stone.

 

[Peregrin]

Too bad they're no longer made...

- Christian

That it is Christian. If you keep your eyes open occasionally one will pop up on the auction site, or even here on BF though.

 

[kamagong]

That it is Christian. If you keep your eyes open occasionally one will pop up on the auction site, or even here on BF though.

Yeah. I've actually found some, but not in the handle material I like. I figure that when you spend that much on a knife, you have to like the entire package.

That's what I get for hesitating.

- Christian

 

[12Bravo]

I like my sway back jack or a trusty old peanut.

 

[orca8589]

Either a standard serpentine Stockman, 3-7/8" to 4-1/8" long closed, or a Whittler pattern.

~Chris

 

[rwc53]

Any one of these suffices for me.

Schrade Old Timer 34 OT & Imperial 2-blade jackknife

Case #63032 Amber bone

My Grandson and I whittle on a regular basis when I'm home.

 

[grelcar]

My favotite is an Old Timer 44OT. It's medium stockman with an additional small warncliffe blade as a fourth blade. I have a user I picked up in the for sale forum here and a NIB as a backup I found on the big auction site. I EDC it some and find the little warncliffe blade really usefull. That old Schrade carbon steel really takes an edge.

Greg

 

[richstag]

I whittle with whatever happens to come out of my pocket at the time. Some of the most likely pieces are

GEC Courthouse Whittler

I know from the whittling section that you do some great whittling, so how do you like the Courthouse?

I got one but have yet to use it. Say compared to a boker or queen whittler? I think you have one of those?

Thanks