3 blade whittlers are addictive... Change my mind..

[toomanyknives]

Here's my little collection. I have some half-whittlers, but I'm not counting them...

[Dan In MI]

Nice little group of whittlers!

[herbva]

Very nice! I especially like the ones with a wharncliffe and a coping blade.

[New_Windsor_NY]

Here's.....

A VERY nice family of whittlers you have there, Kerry.
Post them here also:
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... &start=495

[kennedy knives]

Nice Whittlers
Are you going to Dalton???

[toomanyknives]

Nice little group of whittlers!

Thanks Dan!

[toomanyknives]

Very nice! I especially like the ones with a wharncliffe and a coping blade.

Thanks Herb! Those are Case Seahorse whittlers...

[toomanyknives]

Here's.....

A VERY nice family of whittlers you have there, Kerry.
Post them here also:
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... &start=495

Thanks Skip! Will do, a few of them are vintage...

[toomanyknives]

Nice Whittlers
Are you going to Dalton???

Thanks Gary! I wish I could, but I'm afraid I can't leave mom for that long. She will be 100 in November!
I have to do a lot of things that my wife can't do for her, so I'm gonna' have to pass.

[Modern Slip Joints]

You must be particularly fond of Seahorse Whittlers. Not counting the 3 Camillus Whittlers because they are stockmans, four out of the seven that you are showing are Seahorse Whittlers. When I started collecting the Seahorse Whittler's master blade and handle shapes looked so odd that I never considered buying one. Since I now have even odder knives and I like whittlers I should try one. As far as I know they are all 3 blade split backs. That is good. Have they been made recently?

Nice whittlers.

[toomanyknives]

You must be particularly fond of Seahorse Whittlers. Not counting the 3 Camillus Whittlers because they are stockmans, four out of the seven that you are showing are Seahorse Whittlers. When I started collecting the Seahorse Whittler's master blade and handle shapes looked so odd that I never considered buying one. Since I now have even odder knives I like whittlers I should try one. As far as I know they are all 3 blade split backs. That is good. Have they been made recently?

Nice whittlers.

Yes sir MSJ, the Seahorse pattern grew on me. I think the wharncliff master blade is a favorite of mine. I find them to be very functional.
I guess I call the 72's whittlers because that's what Camillus called them. I see your point though. And yes, the seahorse whittlers are more
recent knives. They are an old pattern, but the ones I have range from 2013 to 2021. The oldest one in the picture is a Cattaraugus from
the early 1900's from what I can gather.

[tongueriver]

Yes, the Camillus 72 and the Schrade 863 (and others) are neither whittlers nor stockmans, but they are sure nice knives. Sometimes that pattern has been called a carpenter's knife, I believe. CASE made a pen knife which apparently they called a half whittler and by now collectors are calling all manner of pen knives half whittlers. They are certainly nothing of the kind because a half whittler is physically impossible if one subscribes to the classic definition of a whittler. Similar idiocy might be a half moose. As long as one is talking about the CASE pen knife I would reluctantly accept the company's name for it, but not any other pen knife. A half congress is a legitimate moniker. All that aside, the whittler in all its legitimate forms (with and without wedged springs, and sometimes with three springs) is a wonderful collectible and using knife as well. Thanks for a great thread!

[tongueriver]

Here is an odd duck, a whittler cattle knife.

[tongueriver]

The bottom knife is a whittler stockman.

[peanut740]

Nice knives Cal!

[bighomer]

So I guess this is a 3/4 congress whittler, who knew, is a 6 blade congress a congress and a half? Inquiring minds want to know. Personally I think half has no business being used in knife normclature. But that's just me YMMV. Beautiful knives by the the way.

[tongueriver]

This is a three spring, no wedges. Some purists would not like it. I like it.

[tongueriver]

And, of course, a seahorse.

[tongueriver]

Another three spring.

[tongueriver]

Sunday whittler by Boker Germany.

[tongueriver]

Early Camillus.

[tongueriver]

Cattaraugus.

[bladecollectorr]

The bottom knife is a whittler stockman.

Nice pearl! I can't quite make out the tang stamp. Who made that whittler? Remington?

[toomanyknives]

Yes, the Camillus 72 and the Schrade 863 (and others) are neither whittlers nor stockmans, but they are sure nice knives. Sometimes that pattern has been called a carpenter's knife, I believe. CASE made a pen knife which apparently they called a half whittler and by now collectors are calling all manner of pen knives half whittlers. They are certainly nothing of the kind because a half whittler is physically impossible if one subscribes to the classic definition of a whittler. Similar idiocy might be a half moose. As long as one is talking about the CASE pen knife I would reluctantly accept the company's name for it, but not any other pen knife. A half congress is a legitimate moniker. All that aside, the whittler in all its legitimate forms (with and without wedged springs, and sometimes with three springs) is a wonderful collectible and using knife as well. Thanks for a great thread!

Exactly, Triver! The 72 is called a carpenter's / whittler knife in the 1946 catalog, so I guess it just stuck...I agree the "half whittler" thing is crazy.
Marketing is a wonderful thing, ain't it?
And those are some fantastic knives you posted! Thanks so much for the eye candy!

[toomanyknives]

So I guess this is a 3/4 congress whittler, who knew, is a 6 blade congress a congress and a half? Inquiring minds want to know. Personally I think half has no business being used in knife normclature. But that's just me YMMV. Beautiful knives by the the way.

You can call that whatever you want BigHomer, cause she's a real beauty!!