Ball in Cage - Getting Complicated

This is my second Ball in Cage whittling or carving, whatever you may call it. It's a little bit harder that a 1 ball in a cage but I know I can do even a 3 ball in cage. That I gonna surely do soon.


I used a 1" x 4" block of pinewood and a small Schrade Old Timer Stockman knife.

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Found Opinel #8

Going over my stuff while in the process of moving to a new place, I found my long lost Opinel #8. I misplaced this knife about 2 years ago and never found it in my clutter of things.


Made in France. This model can be locked when opened and closed. I have an older model that locks only when opened. The Opinel locking mechanism was later modified around year 2000 to also lock when closed.


The 1095 carbon steel blade is really badly rusted.


I removed the rust with emery cloth and a lot of elbow grease.


And with a little honing and stropping the knife is as good as new again. Did a try stick easily.

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Ball in a Cage

I have been wanting to do this whittling classic by Dr. Terry M. Tier but never gotten around it maybe because of my inherent laziness or lack of strong motivationt or both, but when I happen to find an suitable wood material at Home Depot, I decided to give it a go.


I used a 1" x 1" x 4" white pine square dowel and a Rough Rider 3 bladed pocket knife.


All the blades of the pocket knife are profiled and honed for woodcarving or whittling.


Almost there. This whittling project will test your knife skills and patience.


Done. The ball is not as round as I want it to be but for a first try, I think I did alright.


Try it, just use a pocket knife. No cheating!

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Happy New Year!

What's for lunch on New Year's Day.

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