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Favorite whittling knife?

Posted By: run

Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 04:52 PM

What do you whittling folks use for a knife? Serious question. I know coming from me 90% of you are going to laugh right there. But I mean it this time. Thank you for your time.
Posted By: Boco

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 04:53 PM

Hands down a crooked knife.
Posted By: Kevin Colpetzer

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 06:41 PM

Barlow
Posted By: Gary Benson

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 08:02 PM

Who has time to whittle?
Posted By: run

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 08:08 PM

Me.
Posted By: eastwood44mag

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/05/21 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by run
What do you whittling folks use for a knife? Serious question. I know coming from me 90% of you are going to laugh right there. But I mean it this time. Thank you for your time.



I have an old boy scout knife labeled as a "whittler." I don't know if they're still made or not.
Posted By: Davisfur

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 01:18 AM

Case trapper same as my dad and his dad. Long line of whittlers
Posted By: run

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 11:23 AM

Thank you for the suggestions, everyone. Boco, do you care to explain what a crooked knife is? I hope this isn't an ignorant question.
Posted By: Scuba1

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by run
Thank you for the suggestions, everyone. Boco, do you care to explain what a crooked knife is? I hope this isn't an ignorant question.


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Here ya go. The crooked knife is made mostly for carving spoons and bowls with its bent tip. The shape of the handle is so that you can put your thumb on the crooked part for a better purchase.
Posted By: run

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 12:49 PM

Thank you, scuba I.
Posted By: Tom cat

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 01:03 PM

For me it's 1 of 3, case trapper, Barlow, or an old timer stockman
Posted By: Old pup

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 01:05 PM

I'm not sure if I whittle or just make naked sticks. The last part of this past summer, I used an Uncle Henry locking single blade folding knife. Helps me practice my sharpening skills, too.
Posted By: Boco

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by run
Thank you for the suggestions, everyone. Boco, do you care to explain what a crooked knife is? I hope this isn't an ignorant question.

Crooked knives originally were a trade item of the HBC.
native people prized them for making everything from snowshoes to canoe ribs.
They are the most versatile knife in the bush-they are used to whittle, plane, and carve.
Posted By: run

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 07:44 PM

Thank you, Boco for the info.
Posted By: silkyplainscoyot

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by Gary Benson
Who has time to whittle?


Said by the guy who paints rocks. confused
Posted By: SpottedOwl

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/06/21 08:47 PM

What do you want to create? An actual something, weenie/marshmallow sticks or just a relaxing pile crumbs?



Owl
Posted By: run

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/07/21 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by SpottedOwl
What do you want to create? An actual something, weenie/marshmallow sticks or just a relaxing pile crumbs?



Owl

Not sure, it depends on my mood @ the time perhaps.
Posted By: HobbieTrapper

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/07/21 12:47 PM

Dremel.
Posted By: Providence Farm

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/07/21 12:59 PM

Mostly a Stihl 261 lately.
Posted By: jbyrd63

Re: Favorite whittling knife? - 11/07/21 01:21 PM

Whittleing started from old guys having memories of what they used to do in the dark when they were younger. grin
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