The whittler page

[bighomer]

Gorgeous bunch of whittlers fellers, that celluloid gunstock really shines,wow.

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks y'all. It has a lot going for it even though it's been well used. The handles look good but I'm giving some thought to getting it re-handled, maybe jigged bone. Suggestions welcomed.

Ken

[bighomer]

I'd wait till it showed signs of outgassing, those are really pretty scales. Stag or smooth bone would look good if and when.just mho

[danno50]

Very nice to see that etch on yours, Joe! Nice old Schrade, Mel! Great old Wilbert whittler, Ken, celluloid still looks pretty good!
DAn

[Mumbleypeg]

Thanks for the comments on the Wilbert gunstock whittler. With all ya'lls feedback and after coon-fingerin it a while I decided to sharpen up the blades and carry it a while. It just feels good in hand! Already too far gone to be a "safe queen" anyway.

Ken

[Ivoryman]

Dan, great group. If you don't like carrying them, I'll help you out with that.
Bomba, H&R Whittler is a beauty there. Great covers.

Burnt stag Northwoods swell center.

[QTCut5]

Sweet stag on that swell-center, Ivoryman. A fine example of a Queen made Northwoods with steel that won't spot & rust like the GEC made Northwoods (which are made with 1095 steel).

Here's a C. Platts stag whittler I just picked up.

Check out the half-swedge...I've never seen one with that before.

~Q~

[Ivoryman]

Thanks Q. Good looking Platts too, interesting one sided swedge.

[danno50]

Nice Northwoods, Ivoryman! Interesting swedge on that C.Platts, QTcut5, see lot's of pen blades with one sided swedges, not too many master blades though, nice knife!
Dan

[Tsar Bomba]

Couple new-ish whittlers in my recent haul:

[Ivoryman]

A couple of 6308 whittlers. 1972 and a 1965-69.

[Ivoryman]

Popular thread I can tell. Gut feeling felt like I paid too much for this Case Classic in the first place. Lots of hype. And I'm a sucker for a whittler I admit. Some days bigger sucker than others. The seller descriptions said no cracks or chips in the bones. Found one. Now I know I paid too much. Another inaccurate description. Imagine that. Buyer beware. Last photo about a half inch from the main tang running into the brass liner, top scale in the picture.

[Lansky1]

This 5 dot is in my all time top 3 Case knives I own. Fit and finish is perfect. Exceptional snap on all the blades, which bed perfectly centered. I got a deal on it due to the plain bone sides - always liked the look. I paid 2x as much recently for an unused red bone in the same carpenters whittler pattern - sure looked pretty, but it was a huge disappointment - springs stood proud when blades extended on the 2 smaller blades, snap on the 2 small blades was lousey. Case quality is hit and miss, but when you get a really exceptional one, it's special ...

[Dinadan]

Ivoryman - that is a nice looking Case Classic. It seems to me that most of the Classics I see on Ebay are over priced. Beautiful knives, and I have just one, but kind of expensive.

John - I like that Case, plain bone and all. I keep meaning to get one of those, but do not have one yet.

[Ivoryman]

Overpriced Dinadan, you nailed it. Especially when you get it home and realize it's cracked when it was sold as no cracks. Adding insult to pocketbook injury. Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhh.

Mail man just showed up with this. Could have bought three for the price of that Case Classic above. This one has no cracks, good looking bones, great snap, action, lock up, size, blades. Very happy with this one indeed. Won't get returned like that blue one above. Learned my lesson on that one.

[Tsar Bomba]

I believe the Case Classics are all Queen builds. Ivoryman's whittler looks suspiciously similar to my Robeson Mastercraft "splitback" whittler, though the jigging pattern is completely different and the secondary blades are different.

Gotta agree that I greatly prefer the big ol' hoss whittler as a pattern, though. I have nearly as many of those as I do "traditional" whittlers/half-whittlers.

[QTCut5]

Here's one I've posted before (and probably will again); it's my all-time favorite (and most expensive) whittler...worth (almost) every penny. Only knife I own that has half-stops on the secondary blades. Great knife...certainly the best Case knife in my collection.

~Q~

[CheckSix]

Going by the whittler definition that there is a split spring with the master nestled in between two small blades and one of those being a coping blade... I picked out 4 that loosely follow this definition. Actually, only 1 fits this definition precisely... the black scaled Schrade 836. The PSB 836 for some reason came from the factory with two little pens. The J.A. Henckels MOP has little left of it's blades and the file worked Camillus Senator Whittler #60, has one of it's small blades as a file. Anyway, here they are... (available light for photography was poor today)

[Jdub]

This is my newest 80 USA era, i got in a trade with Jerry. Very nice knife. Great snap good color.

[Dinadan]

Dave - those are four fine whittlers. As far as I am concerned, they fit the whittler definition just fine. Regarding the blades being worn down, I have a few old knives like that, but I just could resist making a bid when no one else seemed interested.

Jdub - nice Case!

Here is one of my latest whittlers, a Schatt and Morgan.

[CheckSix]

Dave - those are four fine whittlers. As far as I am concerned, they fit the whittler definition just fine. Regarding the blades being worn down, I have a few old knives like that, but I just could resist making a bid when no one else seemed interested.

Jdub - nice Case!

Here is one of my latest whittlers, a Schatt and Morgan.

Very nice S&M! Does it have a split spring? Just curious.

So, I'm new at understanding whittlers. I found an old thread here that was many pages long discussing what a whittler was and I found it very interesting. So, I notice your S&M has a master clip blade.... which leads me to my question...
I have a Schrade Walden 804 Mechanics knife. It fits the whittler definition to a T, except the master is a sabre clip and one of the small blades is a clip but it does have a coping blade. There is a split spring, the master folds in between the 2 small blades when closed.... can this also be considered a whittler?

The only photo I have of the 804, is the one below and it's in the upper right corner, just above the black 836.

[Dinadan]

So, I'm new at understanding whittlers. I found an old thread here that was many pages long discussing what a whittler was and I found it very interesting. So, I notice your S&M has a master clip blade.... which leads me to my question...
I have a Schrade Walden 804 Mechanics knife. It fits the whittler definition to a T, except the master is a sabre clip and one of the small blades is a clip but it does have a coping blade. There is a split spring, the master folds in between the 2 small blades when closed.... can this also be considered a whittler?

Dave - I would absolutely consider the 804 a whittler! I am no expert and relatively new at collecting whittlers. I think the defining characteristic is that the main blade rides on both the back springs while the each of the secondary blades rides on one spring. There has been a lot of discussion about the definition of whittler, but I do not think that anyone would deny that the 804 is one. That one of yours looks to be mint! By the way, the 804 is one of my very favorite patterns right now, I have been carrying one a lot lately.

My Schatt and Morgan does have split springs, as can be seen in the photo below. Also including a photo of a Schrade 804 and a Craftsman 9488, which is the same knife with different color Delrin. I posted the photo in another thread but it fits here also.

[CheckSix]

Dave - I would absolutely consider the 804 a whittler! I am no expert and relatively new at collecting whittlers. I think the defining characteristic is that the main blade rides on both the back springs while the each of the secondary blades rides on one spring. There has been a lot of discussion about the definition of whittler, but I do not think that anyone would deny that the 804 is one. That one of yours looks to be mint! By the way, the 804 is one of my very favorite patterns right now, I have been carrying one a lot lately.

My Schatt and Morgan does have split springs, as can be seen in the photo below. Also including a photo of a Schrade 804 and a Craftsman 9488, which is the same knife with different color Delrin. I posted the photo in another thread but it fits here also.

Very nice Mel!

and yes, that Walden 804 in my group photo is really close to perfect.

So, I didn't realize the 9488 Craftsman was the same knife! (Still learning!) I also have one of those but in imitation stag, shown below with etch still visible. I also have an oldie 804, pre model # stamp, in Parawood. Second one in from the left in the last photo.

Geeez! I have more whittlers than I thought!

[FRJ]

Very nice looking knives on here, guys.

Here's a nice old Cattaraugus sleeveboard whittler. 3 3/4".

[CheckSix]

Nice Catt Joe!

I was able to take better photos of the 804's this morning... The bone Walden is really fine. The Parawood Walden is not.