I was thinking of a whittling knife that can be an EDC at the same time when I remember this CRKT Minimalist Wharncliffe I bought about 6 years ago. Its blade shape is like most straight blade carving knives although much wider. It performs well as a roughing knife but needs to be sharpened and honed more to do detail job.
I was able to rough out a bird without much difficulty.
It comes with a kydex sheath and a belt clip.
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With Christmas just around the corner, I decided to whittle a Santa Claus.
This Santa is about 4 inches tall and 1 inch in diameter whittled from a twig I found during my early morning walk in the park.
Advanced Merry Christmas to everyone!
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Tagak is a Tagalog word for heron. It is a large fish-eating wading bird with long legs, a long S-shaped neck, and a long pointed bill. In my childhood town of San Jose, I often see them in swampy area usually perched at the back of carabaos that wallow in the muddy water. We have a saying in Tagalog when we want to describe the impossible "Pag puti ng uwak, pag itim ng tagak". Roughly translated it means, "When the crow turns white, when the heron turns black".
Would you believe a carving like this sells for $20+ at Etsy?
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My mother has a place of her own. After living for a long time with my eldest brother, she finally moved out which made her sad. To cheer her up I made her a wooden birdie to decorate her shelf in the living room.
This birdie was whittled from a Weeping Willow using Mora 120.
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Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? One of the trick question I've been pondering about and seems to have no logical answer. Until modern science comes to the rescue:
"Prior to the first true chicken, there were non-chickens. The DNA changes came about in cells housed in the egg. So the egg came first. In July 2010, British scientists, using a supercomputer, claimed to have come up with the final and definitive answer."
There it is guys, the egg comes first.
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A couple of years ago we went on a long road trip to North Dakota. I was awed by the vast empty spaces of the Great Plains that stretched as far as the eye can see. The Badlands that are exposed surfaces of stone and clay that erosion has shaped into striking formations was a sight to behold and the Red River Valley which is the remnant lake bed of the ancient Lake Agassiz were a few of the most famous spots we visited. It was also there that I fist saw a bison.
The American bison and the European bison (wisent) are the largest terrestrial animals in North America and Europe. Bison are good swimmers and can cross rivers over half a mile (800 meters) wide. They are nomadic grazers and travel in herds. The bulls leave the herds of females at two or three years of age, and join a male herd, which are generally smaller than female herds.
Here is my rendition of a bison done in basswood.
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I've read about this Cold Steel Mini Tuff Lite in blade forums being used to carve ball in a cage or ball in a ball and wondered if it is really is capable of what was claimed it can do. My friend who is fast becoming a blade addict bought one and showed it to me. I was hooked and bought one too.
I whittled a fox out of 1" x 1" basswood and the CS Mini Tuff Lite really can carve no doubt. But whether it can do ball in a cage or ball in a ball remains to be seen. I have to try it myself because I think the width of the blade can be difficult to use on tight corners specially when freeing the ball.
Blade Length: 2"
Blade Thickness: 2.5 mm
Overall Length:5"
Steel: Japanese AUS 8A Stainless
Weight:1.7 oz
Handle:3" Long Grivory
Pocket Clip: Stainless Pocket / Belt Clip
The fox which my grandson said looks like a pig.
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I remember my younger days in my hometown back in the Philippines when I was still in elementary. Our house is about half a kilometer away from the school and I used to walk that distance with my friends. Walking to school was never a tiresome task as adventure of some sort is always waiting along the way. Fruits are in abundance such as guava, cashew, duhat, camachile, siniguelas whatever is in season and the owner would not mind you taking some as long as you ask for permission first. Of course sometimes we don't ask permission and we would scamper as fast as we can when the owner comes out shouting invectives at us.
On our way home in the afternoon, my friends and I would stop by the town plaza and catch grasshoppers in the grassy area of the plaza or play at the monument of Rizal or Bonifacio. Come to think of it, all plazas I have been to always have a Rizal and Bonifacio monument.
Even the weather fails to dampen our spirit. During rainy days, we would play at the puddles that formed on the road splashing water at each other with our feet. Other times we would play with the tadpoles. There are lots of them in puddles during the rainy season. They look like a moving solid black mass when the puddles are drying up. Meron pa kayang butete sa mga probinsiya?
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Twice I bought my grandson a fish for his small aquarium and both of them died. So I thought I just made him a wooden fish. He liked it very much.
I used a piece of basswood for this one.
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Every winter for the past 4 years I made my grandson a snowman in the backyard. This winter I am not able to make him one since my wife and I have move out and just rent an apartment nearby my daughter's house. Instead, I made my grandson a wooden snowman which I hope he will like just the same.
This snowman is made from a tree branch. I used an x-acto knife to carve this figure.
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Wooden chains are one of the fun and simple trick project of old timer whittling and are also called whimsies. I thought it was an easy project, much easier than the ball in a cage but it is not, at least for me. It took me 6 hours to finish this simple 3 link wood chain. There should have been 4 links but I broke one link when I forced to free it due to lack of patience.
3 link wooden chain and Schrade 108OT.
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There is a guy in YouTube named Gene Messer who has tons of video tutorial on woodcarving. He got a video on how to carve a face in wood that is quite easy to follow. I learned a lot about wood carving from his instructional videos.
I used white pine wood 1" x 1" square dowel for this one. Not so bad I think.
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I got a book on old time whittling and will be doing the projects in it. I don't have the wood materials yet although I already ordered online for a box of different sizes basswood. For the meantime I just buy white pine wood from the hardware store.
I also reground an old Barlow knife and a Lipic pen knife for use as whittling knives. In the photo you can also see a piece of white pine wood square dowel 1" x 1" x 24" and the book Complete Starter Guide to Whittling.
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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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