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Beginners Knife??
I am a pocket-knife whittler and would like to move up to more serious
carving. My interest is 3 dimensional figure carving. If you were to buy just one knife to achieve that goal, what would it be? Thanks for the advice Jim |
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You didn't say how big of a carving you were interested in
working on. If the project gets very large you need a set of chisels. I have used everything from an old timer pocket knife, scalpels. small dremel grinders to die grindes with router bits. if you want to do a pro looking job you should go ahead and invest in some chisels,files,sanding tools. For Ivory I use a foredom and carbide bits, riffler files and sand paper, then buff with polishing compounds. For gem quality stone or very hard material I use a set of diamond bits lubed with olive oil with a steady flow over the work. For a single most useful carving knife, get a three bladed "Old Timer" of medium size On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 04:26:42 GMT, "Jim Warren" wrote: I am a pocket-knife whittler and would like to move up to more serious carving. My interest is 3 dimensional figure carving. If you were to buy just one knife to achieve that goal, what would it be? Thanks for the advice Jim |
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Actually, I use two "Old Timer" lock-blade knives now. I dont expect to be
carving anything much larger than my fist until I get a bit better at it, but I find that the Old Timer blade shape doesn't let me achieve much detail. Thanks for the words! Jim "hue" wrote in message ... You didn't say how big of a carving you were interested in working on. If the project gets very large you need a set of chisels. I have used everything from an old timer pocket knife, scalpels. small dremel grinders to die grindes with router bits. if you want to do a pro looking job you should go ahead and invest in some chisels,files,sanding tools. For Ivory I use a foredom and carbide bits, riffler files and sand paper, then buff with polishing compounds. For gem quality stone or very hard material I use a set of diamond bits lubed with olive oil with a steady flow over the work. For a single most useful carving knife, get a three bladed "Old Timer" of medium size On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 04:26:42 GMT, "Jim Warren" wrote: I am a pocket-knife whittler and would like to move up to more serious carving. My interest is 3 dimensional figure carving. If you were to buy just one knife to achieve that goal, what would it be? Thanks for the advice Jim |
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Take a look at Warren Cutlery www.warrencutlery.com I now have 2
handles several blades to fit & a set of chisels to fit the handles. I started out with a cwh3 handle & 1 blade. I just added blades & chiisels as I saw a need for the shape. You can reverse the blades in the jaws of the handle to make it safe & stick it in your pocket. I like to carve things that I can carry around with me. Larry "Jim" wrote in message ... Actually, I use two "Old Timer" lock-blade knives now. I dont expect to be carving anything much larger than my fist until I get a bit better at it, but I find that the Old Timer blade shape doesn't let me achieve much detail. Thanks for the words! Jim "hue" wrote in message ... You didn't say how big of a carving you were interested in working on. If the project gets very large you need a set of chisels. I have used everything from an old timer pocket knife, scalpels. small dremel grinders to die grindes with router bits. if you want to do a pro looking job you should go ahead and invest in some chisels,files,sanding tools. For Ivory I use a foredom and carbide bits, riffler files and sand paper, then buff with polishing compounds. For gem quality stone or very hard material I use a set of diamond bits lubed with olive oil with a steady flow over the work. For a single most useful carving knife, get a three bladed "Old Timer" of medium size On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 04:26:42 GMT, "Jim Warren" wrote: I am a pocket-knife whittler and would like to move up to more serious carving. My interest is 3 dimensional figure carving. If you were to buy just one knife to achieve that goal, what would it be? Thanks for the advice Jim |
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Thanks a bunch. I also found tools at www.sugarpinecarving.com. I'll take
your advice, it seems like a good place to start. Again thanks Jim "L. B." wrote in message ... Take a look at Warren Cutlery www.warrencutlery.com I now have 2 handles several blades to fit & a set of chisels to fit the handles. I started out with a cwh3 handle & 1 blade. I just added blades & chiisels as I saw a need for the shape. You can reverse the blades in the jaws of the handle to make it safe & stick it in your pocket. I like to carve things that I can carry around with me. Larry "Jim" wrote in message ... Actually, I use two "Old Timer" lock-blade knives now. I dont expect to be carving anything much larger than my fist until I get a bit better at it, but I find that the Old Timer blade shape doesn't let me achieve much detail. Thanks for the words! Jim "hue" wrote in message ... You didn't say how big of a carving you were interested in working on. If the project gets very large you need a set of chisels. I have used everything from an old timer pocket knife, scalpels. small dremel grinders to die grindes with router bits. if you want to do a pro looking job you should go ahead and invest in some chisels,files,sanding tools. For Ivory I use a foredom and carbide bits, riffler files and sand paper, then buff with polishing compounds. For gem quality stone or very hard material I use a set of diamond bits lubed with olive oil with a steady flow over the work. For a single most useful carving knife, get a three bladed "Old Timer" of medium size On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 04:26:42 GMT, "Jim Warren" wrote: I am a pocket-knife whittler and would like to move up to more serious carving. My interest is 3 dimensional figure carving. If you were to buy just one knife to achieve that goal, what would it be? Thanks for the advice Jim |
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"L. B." wrote in message ...
Take a look at Warren Cutlery www.warrencutlery.com I now have 2 handles several blades to fit & a set of chisels to fit the handles. I started out with a cwh3 handle & 1 blade. I just added blades & chiisels as I saw a need for the shape. You can reverse the blades in the jaws of the handle to make it safe & stick it in your pocket. I like to carve things that I can carry around with me. Larry I second the motion! I bought a Warren basic whittling kit with a black walnut handle and a half a dozen blades and have added a few blades and gouges and I'm pretty happy with it. It's comfortable to handle and there's a wide variety of blades that have allowed me to do whatever I've tried. I'm certainly no master carver, but I've turned out ball-in-a-cage, chains, sliding joints, ball-in-a-ball, ball-in-a-ball-in-a-ball... I also figured out that you can reverse the blade and carry it around safely in your pocket. A word of warning though - if you like to use a lot of different blades you will quickly tire of constantly changing blades so you will find yourself buying more handles. You can never have too many handles... Happy whittling! Mike |
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