Your favorite whittling knife?

JediKnight86

JediKnight86

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Production or custom, what do you like most?

I'm finding thin hollow grinds work best. Flat grinds seem to only work at a specific angle. My Sebenza and Mnandi work very well. I'm looking for the ultimate EDC whittler and I was thinking of a Krein or Dozier for a custom, but can't think of a better production model.
 
I have an ancient K.J.Eriksson Mora skinner that has been beaten to death, but is a great whittler.
 
It is nice to have different blade shapes for whittling. For that reason I like my Buck 301 stockman. It has hollow grinds. I would also assume that, by its name, the Case whittler pattern works nicely as well -but I have never tried one. That pattern is on my list.

I have also found that my scandi knives and Opinels work well at carving and removing wood.
 
For whittling I like this congress, the larger sheepsfoot blades work well removing larger shavings while the coping blades work excellently for fine work and sharp angles.

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I'm going to do a whittling hands on course in the spring, combined with an outdoor setting, but what I found out so far is that whittling actually is better off with either small knives for fine work or indeed, a knife with multiple blades (as mentioned earlier).
But, since you're talking about your sebenza, I'm going to give that a try too, love the seb :)
What works best for you is good I think, I used my rat cutlery izula for all my whittling stuff so far
here's a link to a post I did on that: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=711989
 
My swiss army knives whittle the best for my. It's what I used to whittle in the scouts. I'd like to own a Great Eastern Cutlery or Schatt and Moragan though.
 
@yablanowitz

That is freakin' awesome. Maybe it's because I don't know anything about whittling but the balls inside the frame is really neat.
 
Hi,

I like either my Queen Whittler, or my GEC #25 Barlow. The D2 of the Queen and the thin blade profiles make for very nice control. And 1095 of the GEC also hold up well.

dalee
 
I have a whole set of Mora whittling knives. I have been to quite a few craft shows where the guys were using the Mora's, One of them has become a favorite for fixed EDC
 
I've tried out quite a few of my knives whittling. So far, the one I like the most is a custom FB by DP Knives. It's a small Wharncliffe FB in 1095 & works very well.
 
Thanks for all the responses! I haven't used a Case knife for whittling thought they wouldn't be sharp enough.

I've tried my Carter custom wharncliffe which is the sharpest thinnest edge I have and I must be doing something wrong. The Seb cuts smoother than it and digs in easier.

I just ordered two smallish Krein customs, they should whittle nicely. I should try a multi-blade knife. Is Case the way to go or is there better?

Thinkin about a Graham Bros Stubby Spear or Wee Razel...
 
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So far I've only whittled with a fixed blade Mora like this one -- and it treated the white birch I was carving as if it were butter:

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I just bought a GEC Scout (1095 steel) in Bocote wood, like the one below except w/o the liner lock, and plan to whittle with it when I get a chance. The handles feel a bit delicate, though. They're thin enough to flex toward the middle. So if I had to do it again, I might pony up the extra cost (anywhere from $30 to $50) for a stag or buffalo horn handle, which would be stouter and fill the hand more. We'll see, though -- this one might work just fine. The only true hit I have against it -- which fortunately can be fixed by me -- is that it came VERY dull out of the box -- or tube, as it were.

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