Whittling

BigV · 05-06-2009, 12:51 AM

I like to whittle.

BigV · 05-06-2009, 12:52 AM

A couple more. Sometimes I paint them too.

Beestie · 05-06-2009, 02:31 AM

Cool, V! How big are they?

What's your wittlin' tool?

ZenGum · 05-06-2009, 05:37 AM

Can you whittle?

Ture, itt eaty. Jutt put your lipt together and blow.

glatt · 05-06-2009, 07:32 AM

very nice!

A few weeks ago, I had trimmed a few small branches off our maple tree. The kids love running around with sticks, and were breaking off the smaller twigs to make good sticks they could play with. So went went inside and got a couple of pocket knives and taught them about cutting the bark off, and cutting off all the little sharp twigs poking out the sides. Making the sticks nice and smooth. Both were instantly hooked. We spent a couple hours, just sitting on the bench of the picnic table, making piles of shavings in the grass by our feet.

Absolutely nothing like this though.

Trilby · 05-06-2009, 10:39 AM

Wow- very cool! I LOVE the knife! Very awesome stuff, V.

Here's the only popular culture whittling reference I know. Enjoy:

Cletus/"I don't know my memory ain't been so good ever since I drank my thermometer, but I whittles every thing I see.Sometimes I even whittles the future"-/Cletus.

BigV · 05-06-2009, 12:21 PM

Tthanks guys!

I really do love to whittle. These are all neckerchief slides to be worn with our scout uniforms. They're a couple of inches across at most. The first three, the fleur-de-lis, the knife and the boot are all free form carvings from a small piece of wood. The crocodile at the bottom was from a kit. The first ones are carved from brazillian rosewood, which I had left over from the kayak project. It is *amazing* wood, gorgeous grain and color. It takes a knife well, provided the knife is very sharp. The wood is very hard. It is commonly used to make marimbas. It will make a musical ring when struck. Not pieces this small of course.

The little croc at the bottom is a lot easier to carve being basswood. But the flip side is that is also tears more easily and requires much more sanding. Also, the grain is practically invisible--uninteresting, so it begs to be painted. That's ok, the painting's fun too.

This particular one belongs to SonofV, to whom it was awarded last summer for having the biggest smile at summer camp. Appropos.

I have several more, and I will post them soon.

As to my whittling tools, my principal knife is a Winchester Stockman. Here's a picture.

I keep it very sharp and I make very small cuts. I have a set of carving chisels, but for this kind of work, they are unsuitable. If I was able to dog them down onto the bench and work the chisel with two hands, perhaps. I can do practically everything I want to do using a lever cut with the spey blade. Word to the wise: keep it sharp.

classicman · 05-06-2009, 12:27 PM

your linky wasn't workin - here ya go

BigV · 05-06-2009, 12:32 PM

yes. damn my self confidence. pressing post before proofing my work. what in the world was I thinking.

i hate the img tag.

classicman · 05-06-2009, 12:32 PM

oh, and very nice whittlings .... is that a word?

Shawnee123 · 05-06-2009, 12:39 PM

Flint · 05-06-2009, 12:50 PM

I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out of a larger toy boat I had. It was almost as good as the first one, except now it had bumpy whittle marks all over it. And no paint, because he had whittled off the paint.

--Jack Handey

BigV · 05-06-2009, 12:54 PM

Thanks! Sure. Carvings is a word, I accept your word.

TheMercenary · 05-06-2009, 02:57 PM

The wooden knife pic looks like Mahogany.

Yznhymr · 05-06-2009, 03:06 PM

I like ta whittle, too. It a lil tough wid tha gaps in ma teff.

05-06-2009, 12:51 AM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Whittling I like to whittle. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-06-2009, 12:52 AM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	A couple more. Sometimes I paint them too. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-06-2009, 02:31 AM	#3
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Cool, V! How big are they? What's your wittlin' tool? __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

05-06-2009, 05:37 AM	#4
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Can you whittle? Ture, itt eaty. Jutt put your lipt together and blow. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-06-2009, 10:39 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Wow- very cool! I LOVE the knife! Very awesome stuff, V. Here's the only popular culture whittling reference I know. Enjoy: Cletus/"I don't know my memory ain't been so good ever since I drank my thermometer, but I whittles every thing I see.Sometimes I even whittles the future"-/Cletus. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-06-2009, 07:32 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	very nice! A few weeks ago, I had trimmed a few small branches off our maple tree. The kids love running around with sticks, and were breaking off the smaller twigs to make good sticks they could play with. So went went inside and got a couple of pocket knives and taught them about cutting the bark off, and cutting off all the little sharp twigs poking out the sides. Making the sticks nice and smooth. Both were instantly hooked. We spent a couple hours, just sitting on the bench of the picnic table, making piles of shavings in the grass by our feet. Absolutely nothing like this though.

05-06-2009, 12:21 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Tthanks guys! I really do love to whittle. These are all neckerchief slides to be worn with our scout uniforms. They're a couple of inches across at most. The first three, the fleur-de-lis, the knife and the boot are all free form carvings from a small piece of wood. The crocodile at the bottom was from a kit. The first ones are carved from brazillian rosewood, which I had left over from the kayak project. It is amazing wood, gorgeous grain and color. It takes a knife well, provided the knife is very sharp. The wood is very hard. It is commonly used to make marimbas. It will make a musical ring when struck. Not pieces this small of course. The little croc at the bottom is a lot easier to carve being basswood. But the flip side is that is also tears more easily and requires much more sanding. Also, the grain is practically invisible--uninteresting, so it begs to be painted. That's ok, the painting's fun too. This particular one belongs to SonofV, to whom it was awarded last summer for having the biggest smile at summer camp. Appropos. I have several more, and I will post them soon. As to my whittling tools, my principal knife is a Winchester Stockman. Here's a picture. I keep it very sharp and I make very small cuts. I have a set of carving chisels, but for this kind of work, they are unsuitable. If I was able to dog them down onto the bench and work the chisel with two hands, perhaps. I can do practically everything I want to do using a lever cut with the spey blade. Word to the wise: keep it sharp. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 05-06-2009 at 12:30 PM.

05-06-2009, 12:27 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	your linky wasn't workin - here ya go __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-06-2009, 12:32 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	yes. damn my self confidence. pressing post before proofing my work. what in the world was I thinking. i hate the img tag. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-06-2009, 12:39 PM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-06-2009, 12:50 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I remember how my great-uncle Jerry would sit on the porch and whittle all day long. Once he whittled me a toy boat out of a larger toy boat I had. It was almost as good as the first one, except now it had bumpy whittle marks all over it. And no paint, because he had whittled off the paint. --Jack Handey __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-06-2009, 12:54 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thanks! Sure. Carvings is a word, I accept your word. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-06-2009, 02:57 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The wooden knife pic looks like Mahogany. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-06-2009, 03:06 PM	#15
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	I like ta whittle, too. It a lil tough wid tha gaps in ma teff. Attached Images __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

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