Mar 29, 1999 · More good carving and whittling reference books, tools, and wood supplies can be found at Craftwoods.com And of course, for carving and woodwoorking of all sorts there is Woodcraft I am very glad to see folks interested in whittling and wood-carving. Be careful, carving is more addictive than buying knives. Paracelsus, carver and sometime whittler

Nov 25, 2002 · Talk about an unexpected gift from an old friend. A retired First Sgt buddy of mine called me up and asked if I still do any wood carving. Seems he had a couple of sets of old carving tools that his dad had bought before he was born. As it turned out his dad never used them and my buddy had no...

Aug 28, 2003 · Both styles of "True Whittlers" were designed by Warren Tool Co., Inc. to perpetuate whittling and carving as an art and craft. Thank You. Sincerely yours, Fred Clark, President, Warren Tool Co., Inc." The second knife set is in a box like the whittlers but instead of wood grain it is a fake leather cardboard box, also with gold lettering.

Nov 30, 2001 · Look up a book by Bo Bergman, its called "Knifemaking, A Complete Guide To Crafting Knives, Handles, & Sheaths" It is an excellent source for Scandi knife and sheath making and he does have a rather extensive section on antler and wood sheaths. This is the best book I have seen yet for this subject.

Feb 23, 2010 · I think that the carbon steel wins on edge retention and they get wicked sharp, but the stainless ones get very sharp too and their edge retention is pretty good. If I take one of each camping then the carbon steel Mora will be my wood carving knife & the stainless Mora will be my food prep & backup knife. For what they cost, buy one of each.

May 20, 2020 · I have found I prefer a saber grind for a large outdoors/wood processing knife. Scandi works for carving wood, but I don't like it otherwise. I hate scandi for game processing as the edge seems to dig into material instead of cutting along meat, hide, etc. Hollow grinds seems to work very well for most everything, the only real drawback being ...

Oct 4, 1998 · The laminated blades from Frost are not quite as sturdy, and will bend rather than break. The core will hold an edge longer than the regular high carbon blades. I like the laminated blades for wood carving and the regular for tough chores like cutting turf, prying, general abuse and for loaning to idiots who don't have their own knives.

Jan 23, 2011 · i think the best test is to take large enough box and produce feather sticks, and in process you will know what knife is the best. comparison for small time of work is not correct. for instance, japanese kitchen knives which has 1 edge, hamaguri form, is best for this goal but you need petty version, i.e. small length and it can act as …

Oct 4, 1998 · I use a belt sander like most of us here to do the majority of the work, but then use sandpaper to smooth the edges and match the blade's finish.

Aug 15, 2022 · Update 10/29/2020: Since writing this article I published my own book called Knife Engineering: Steel, Heat Treating, and Geometry. Of course I still recommend the other books on the list below. Thanks to Ben Wendel, William Brigham, Jeff Schafer, and Simon Moeskjær Balle for becoming Knife...