Any whittlers?

[jsharmon7]

I was watching some videos of the old guys on youtube whittling and I think it'd be fun to try. Does anyone here whittle? Can anyone provide some recommendations for a good knife? I guess what I mean is, do you need a specific sort of knife or will any knife do? I have a Case knife, but I would be worried about screwing it up somehow. How about something disposable like an Xacto knife? Any input or a point in the right direction is appreciated!

 

[451_Detonics]

I haven't done much in the past few years, carpel tunnel makes my hands start cramping up very quickly these days. When I was making chains, balls in boxes, even just spoons I used a Case whittler 08 pattern in CV. Today i would look hard at the Case Swayback Jack in CV with wharncliffe and pen blades. The wharncliffe is excellent for carving.

Case knives Case XX Knife Item # 7007 - Sway Back Jack - Chestnut Bone CV

 

[right winger]

I use a Barlow.

 

[TiminMishawaka]

I do whittling with my Case. Nothing beats a real wood carving knife however - large handle, small singular blade type. With xactos the blades tend to fall out when you need them not to.

 

[crawfish]

I looked at some of my grandfathers knifes and there is no name but they have a huge wooden handle and some are straight and others are curved looks almost like they have been fixed and remade again and again he use to make chains and animals on porch when i was a small boy he also made a pair of plyiers with soft wood and a few cuts maybe like ten cuts and they really worked for play not real boyscouts dug them but we was ten and every thing was cool then... good luck with carven my papa said the squeak of they chair was equal to the push in the cut always sat in a rocker on the porch the fallen wood was swept by me and placed in starter box by wood stove

 

[redneckmedic]

I am a big fan of flexcut, for my entire carving line.

 

[johncarbaugh]

Mora makes some good carving and spoon knives. Results for Knives:MORA Carving
Mora are inexpensive knives but are built tough and use good steel.