Thanks, guys.  It looks like I need to get at least a couple different carvers.  The Oar carver looks good, and so does the 2-blade GEC.  The Seahorse is also worth a try.  I don't intend on being a dedicated carver, so I should probably pick one of the three and go with it.  However, I do like to test knives and I need more than one to make comparisons.  Probably any well made Whittler would do for someone like me who intends to just play around.  You guys don't think I need a Bill Ruple Whittler do you?  Hahahahaha.

I'm fond of Barlows too.  Saw a nice stag handeled sway back in a hardware store in North Carolina once.  Didn't pick it up at that time, but came back the next day and it was gone.  You snooze, you loose.

I'd love to have one with a coping blade secondary.  I'd be ALL over that.

Sweet knives Ivars!!

Stadtlander carvings has the oar carver (version II, regular blade and detail blade).

http://www.goestores.com/storename/stadtlandercarvings/dept/272203/...

Bit pricey but a nice knife.

Been looking seriously at a Rough Rider double lock back to modify...

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/Rough+Rider/Rough+Rid...

Here's a Schrade/Warren #1 on the 'bay with a buy it now price of $79.99 (see link below)

Link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/171101476589?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_...

This would be my preference of the 2 Warren Whittlers because it's a Wharnie!

Gotta love a wharnie...

Some new ones in this week!!

Very nice looking whittlers, Brian.  I have a couple on my Christmas list:

1. Canal Street, Cannitler, Amber carved stag or smooth Camel bone.

2. German Eye, smooth synthetic Whittler.

3. Case, smooth antique bone Whittler.

Chip carving knives by Pfeil and Wayne Barton

hey thanx for having me group.. DATA NICE SET!!!..  i just had a set of 2 GEC #33's come in last week. great little whittlers ..

@HOWARD ..did you know the Cannitler,or{canoe-whittler } was first created by Frankbuster of FIGHTN ROOSTER knives?  check out ebay and other places and you will find yourself a nice older solid one..noty saying CSC isnt awesome as i collect a  lot of CANAL ST.. i just already own a few of the Cannitler's by F-ROOSTER and they are great. since im new here ..i have to say that my all time favorite whittler would have to be the lockback whittlers.raglrdless of pattern.i like a nice locked blade when carving.. but for the most part i dont use whittler knives..i mostly use single blade sheepsfoot knives for most of what i do.. only thing i know how to carrve up are those little heads for winstoppers! THANX FOR HAVING ME...

i also use a reverse congress with a wharnie as well.

Thanks for the info. Peter.  I'll check out the Roosters.  Merry Christmas!

Has anyone seen this carver, Zheng Chunhui from China? I couldn't believe it when I saw this. This was done from a single tree.

Anybody like the big Anglo Saxon Whittlers?

Paul,

I am not a professional whittler.  I'm not even what you might call a novice whittler.  I took one class at the Case event.  At 5+ inches closed, the main blade of the Bulldog Anglo Saxon seems a bit big to whittle.  Also, while scouting around the Internet for whittlers (whittler folders) I noticed that most (all?) dedicated whittlers - wood handled whittler sets, had short blades, shorter than "whittler" knives from W.R. Case, GEC, Queen, etc.

I collect the large 5 1/4" whittlers but rarely use them. I was just checking interest level.

Santa was good to me this year.  A good looking Seahorse and a collector's edition Buck Creek Whittler.  These won't be going out to the shop for sure.

You must have been real good, Roy.  Santa only brought me 1 whittler.

Beutiful knives JJ and Roy!!!

Very nice looking Whittlers there, fellas.

J.J. We really do have similar tastes when it comes to knives. My edc is a red RR 4 1/2" whittler. For special jobs I use a Case Seahorse. And I really enjoy looking at my ever expanding collection of Bulldog 5 1/4" Anglo Saxon whittlers (about 16). Maybe Case jumbo cigar

whittlers will be next in my viewing collection.

Lots of nice ones, Im studying this .... Whittle whittle, 

I just picked up this Case XX 6380 a week or so ago, but I've never seen this particular variation and I don't see it in any of my literature. It's apparently a limited edition, judging by the number "14" on the bolster, of 1975/76 vintage. Is anybody familiar with this "Golden Whittler"?

Hi Everybody!

As Jan invited me to publish here, folows the knife I've done for whittling and a butter spreader that I made out a branch founded at work! Also a dwarf I've done with a Rough Rider Whittler knife. 

Welcome aboard, Cesar.  Great job...

Thanks J.J.!!!

Very nice work, cesar!

Nice knife , Cesar so this one was made for whittling , and did you make this knife

I love the Dwarf, good job... thanks for sharing

Pat,

I have the same blade set-up on a vintage Queen knife I own. It is referred to as a "Carpenter's Whittler", as opposed to the common "craft whittler".

What is de difference between "Carpenter's Whittler" and "Craft Whittler" blades Brad?

Good show, Cesar!

But the thing that really caught my eye was the box of Cuban cigars (see-gars) that your Dwarf is sitting atop of.

Boy-o-boy! If I were still puffin' on stogies, like I used to do, I would be salivating over a box of 'good' Cuban smokes! Even though I quit smoking 10 years ago, that pic still had me daydreaming about the smoke from a Montecristo #2 Pirámide swirling around my head. Or, a Romeo y Julieta ~ Like I suspect that box is from? Ahhhhhhhhhhh...Good times!

I digress.

Nice work, my friend! On the whittling AND the knife you created!

Cheers!

Yeah Ron! There is a Romeo y Julieta cigar box... I collect the boxes to be used as decorations in house or to keep some treasures! 

Thanks, Cesar! I thought I recognized that box. 

I, too, have some treasures stored in cigar boxes. But the biggest treasure of all would be a box full of those Romeo y Julieta's! Easily a few hundred dollars and illegal in the USA. *sigh*

Cheers, my friend!

Just thought I would share a pic I got this week.

Jan,

Are those carving knives hand made or store bought? either way they look nice!

Ivars they are Bose carving tools.  These were made for Mr George Strunk and his amazing wildlife carvings.  I honestly dont know that you would find any one the market but I am sure they show up every once in a while

http://www.georgestrunkdecoys.com/georgestrunkdecoys.com/George_Str...

If your going to keep an eye out for one I would say watch for the tick.  It seems to show up on ebay every once on a while

Has anyone ever tried these? oar carvers

or these? chip carvers

I wonder why it wouldnt load?  I would love to see it