The whittler page

[doglegg]

Doglegg thank you for a couple of very interesting comparison photos. I agree that all three of those are fine knives!

Thanks you, I sure enjoy them.

[doglegg]

Dogleg, never met a Wharncliffe whittler I didn't like. Three beauties, especially that Case bone. Nice seeing the size comparison instead of reading about it. Good info and nice knives.

It was surprising to me to see them side by side as I thought them about the same size. Thanks.

[Ivoryman]

'Ol S&M sheep foot red bone time

[Ivoryman]

Honey bone whit today

[LongBlade]

Here's a Wostenholm Whittler with what I believe are dyed pressed stag or horn handles (if I remember Lyle's info it was horn?).. Blades have great hard snap, tight and the tolerance between blades is amazing - that Sheffield quality. The spine of the master blade is pretty cool - almost 3/16" thick at tang and tapers down to the point like an axe from top view .. It is still showing some original crocus polish on blades and very lightly sharpened… Nice wedged spring and no doubt a whittler that is a solid feeling knife! Hammered pins - I’m guessing early 1900s on date (maybe 1890s..)…

[Ivoryman]

Last century Winchester. If I had to pick one knife only it would probably be a whittler. 3 blades, straight edge, curved edge, different options. If I had to pick one, but thankfully I don't. Much more fun to mix it up.

[Shearer]

Last century Winchester. If I had to pick one knife only it would probably be a whittler. 3 blades, straight edge, curved edge, different options. If I had to pick one, but thankfully I don't. Much more fun to mix it up.

That's a good looking knife you have there.
Love the wharncliff blade and handles.I also like whittlers

Grant

[doglegg]

Last century Winchester. If I had to pick one knife only it would probably be a whittler. 3 blades, straight edge, curved edge, different options. If I had to pick one, but thankfully I don't. Much more fun to mix it up.

You got a good one there Ivoryman. Every thing perfect about that knife in my book. And great photo as well. Congrats.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I picked up this bone handled whittler over the weekend. It is marked A. W. Wadsworth & Son Germany. It has the usual whittler layout with the 3 blades and tapered back, but this one has a double sided file in place of one of the smaller pen blades. Also stamped on the back of the blades is a large X with the letters
X over L N over T stamped within the large X. Anyone familiar with what this means?

[Sharpnshinyknives]

Ivoryman, those are such sweet looking S&M’s. Love those. I also am a big fan of Winchesters, so drooling over the Winchester whittler posted,nice.
Mark

[orvet]

OC, the XLNT stamp was used by Kastor and is a clever abbreviation for EXCELLENT.

[gsmith7158]

I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted anything in this fine thread. Getting old and lazy I guess. Here are a few.

[OLDE CUTLER]

OC, the XLNT stamp was used by Kastor and is a clever abbreviation for EXCELLENT.

Thanks Dale. I just wasn't reading the markings phonetically enough. LOL

[orvet]

Greg,
I love those first two bone-handled Empires!

[gsmith7158]

Greg,
I love those first two bone-handled Empires!

Thanks Dale! It's hard to beat that Empire jigged bone. It's definitely a favorite of mine.

[Jacknifeben]

Very old Lockback , Stag, whittler He is in the history book.

[Jacknifeben]

Another unusual WHITTLER with a punch blade, slanted and pinched bolsters, three back springs, and etched.

[Ivoryman]

Fabulous Ben, great vintage stuff.

[Jacknifeben]

How about a 32734 gunstock WHITTLER with a spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY?

[Tsar Bomba]

Just for comparison sake, GEC 57, Case 6355 and Schatt and Morgen 43 1/2. The 57 is the smallest and the 431/2 slightly the largest. The Case is the smoothest. All 3 great knives.DSCN4072.JPGDSCN4073.JPG

Three incredible whittlers, doglegg! Just for pedantry's sake, and to help in identifying the knives, by those photos I'm about 85% sure that the 6355 is actually a Case Classics whittler built by Queen on the same frame as that sweet S&M. I suspect if you measured the two they'd be real close in every way. The "real" Case seahorse whittler seems to have a more slender and serpentine frame than the stouter Queen/CC/S&M version, stance of the Wharnie blade when opened is also significantly different, different secondary blade profiles, etc. I grabbed a similar photo of one of my own Cases and eyeballed them bolster-to-bolster so you can see the differences.

I don't have any of those sweet Queens or a GEC whittler (yet) to do a size comparison, sadly. The Case is a hair over 4" closed.

I picked up this bone handled whittler over the weekend. It is marked A. W. Wadsworth & Son Germany. It has the usual whittler layout with the 3 blades and tapered back, but this one has a double sided file in place of one of the smaller pen blades. Also stamped on the back of the blades is a large X with the letters X over L N over T stamped within the large X. Anyone familiar with what this means?

Dale covered the origin and meaning of the mark. I just want to use this opportunity to show off my Wadsworth XLNT Barlow.

Very old Lockback , Stag, whittler He is in the history book.

Another unusual WHITTLER with a punch blade, slanted and pinched bolsters, three back springs, and etched.

How about a 32734 gunstock WHITTLER with a spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY?

My friend, you come up with some ridiculous knives. I am in awe.

[Jacknifeben]

When you have been collecting knives as long as me I had some advantages. There not as many old knives out there any more.

[doglegg]

Just for comparison sake, GEC 57, Case 6355 and Schatt and Morgen 43 1/2. The 57 is the smallest and the 431/2 slightly the largest. The Case is the smoothest. All 3 great knives.DSCN4072.JPGDSCN4073.JPG

Three incredible whittlers, doglegg! Just for pedantry's sake, and to help in identifying the knives, by those photos I'm about 85% sure that the 6355 is actually a Case Classics whittler built by Queen on the same frame as that sweet S&M. I suspect if you measured the two they'd be real close in every way. The "real" Case seahorse whittler seems to have a more slender and serpentine frame than the stouter Queen/CC/S&M version, stance of the Wharnie blade when opened is also significantly different, different secondary blade profiles, etc. I grabbed a similar photo of one of my own Cases and eyeballed them bolster-to-bolster so you can see the differences.

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I don't have any of those sweet Queens or a GEC whittler (yet) to do a size comparison, sadly. The Case is a hair over 4" closed.

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I picked up this bone handled whittler over the weekend. It is marked A. W. Wadsworth & Son Germany. It has the usual whittler layout with the 3 blades and tapered back, but this one has a double sided file in place of one of the smaller pen blades. Also stamped on the back of the blades is a large X with the letters X over L N over T stamped within the large X. Anyone familiar with what this means?

Dale covered the origin and meaning of the mark. I just want to use this opportunity to show off my Wadsworth XLNT Barlow.

xlntbarlow.jpg

Very old Lockback , Stag, whittler He is in the history book.

Another unusual WHITTLER with a punch blade, slanted and pinched bolsters, three back springs, and etched.

How about a 32734 gunstock WHITTLER with a spey blade stamped FOR CUTTING FLESH ONLY?

My friend, you come up with some ridiculous knives. I am in awe.

It is a Case Classic, Tony. Indeed upon closer inspection you are right on the S&M and the Case Classic. and the Seahorse is a more delicate knife. Thanks.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I found these two whittlers at a flea market down in Iowa over the weekend. Neither of them are pristine, but usable.

Miller Brothers 3 3/4" with tapered back, and either rosewood or ebony screw retained handles.

Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett -OVB, 3 5/16" whittler, tapered back, with MOP handles. Has a couple of handle chips missing, but still a usable little knife. One of the small blades has a double sided file instead of the usual pen blade. There is a little bit of the OVB blade etch remaining on the master blade. Not real choice, but I couldn't pass on it for $5.

[doglegg]

Very knice OC, along with the knives from the other post.

[OLDE CUTLER]

I don't know what to make of this whittler. There is no tang stamp on the two larger blades, only on the awl blade is there a stamp, "Paxton & Gallagher Omaha", but I am not sure if that blade belongs to this knife. I bought this at a flea market over the weekend and am wondering if the awl blade has replaced a broken blade. It is a sleeveboard whittler, bone handled, nickle silver bolster with steel pins, brass liners, 3 5/8" overall closed length. The usual whittler pattern is followed, the two smaller blades each have their own springs, with the main blade using both of the springs. The awl has a matchstrike pull. There is no tapered center divider. I am questioning if it is original with the blades the way they are now ?