All About Pocket Knives

An article from a New York newspaper, December 1945.
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I was surprised to find this little gem this week.
I carved this at Summer Camp when I was in Boy Scouts - around 40 years ago! It was a kit I bought at the Camp Trading Post, a square block of wood with a hole through it (for your Scout neckerchief), and a carving guide printed on it.
Lots of fun!

New_Windsor_NY wrote: ↑Mon Sep 20, 2021 4:03 pm An article from a New York newspaper, December 1945.
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An article from a June 1946, New York newspaper.

An article from a December 1946, New York newspaper.
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Articles from February 1947, New York newspapers.
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My latest project finished. First time with butternut wood, chips a little more than bass wood but the beautiful grain is worth it.

C-WADE7 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 12:37 am My latest project finished. First time with butternut wood, chips a little more than bass wood but the beautiful grain is worth it.

Great job. Very lovely. Beautiful wood and work.

Thanks, I will post some of my other projects if there is interest. I know this isn’t a carving site, but wood and knives go hand and hand.

There are quite a few whittlers and carvers around here. Some, like yourself, are quite skilled. Please do share more of your work.

doglegg wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 1:33 am There are quite a few whittlers and carvers around here. Some, like yourself, are quite skilled. Please do share more of your work.

Here are a few of the ones from this year. All theses are bass wood and acrylic paint. I will post a few more later.

Wow, those are pretty awesome!. Thanks for sharing.

My buddy down in Florida made this one for me, she never went ice fishing.

Jacknifeben wrote: ↑Tue Nov 16, 2021 2:11 pm My buddy down in Florida made this one for me, she never went ice fishing.

Wonderful gift. Thanks for sharing.

A couple shots of one I did last winter. Hair is burned on.

Another good one.

My brother is a welder so I made him a present for his birthday in December. There were no patterns so I had to draw it all up and saw it out, the just use my imagination since there was no go by to reference.

I bet he liked it.

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:23 am I bet he liked it.

We will see, got about 3 weeks until his birthday. I was going to wait until Christmas but figured his birthday is close enough to Christmas.

My latest project is painted and ready to sand the base the get it spreader with sealer. I was a Roger Stegall rough out I purchased, and carved.

Terrific little hobo there C-WADE7. Paint as well as carving.

Don't know if any of you carvers saw this on another thread. Don't know anything at all about it but the carving of the hand is impressive. My Granddad was and commercial and fine artist his whole life and always told me hands were the most difficult subjects. J.O'.

Made this last week while sitting around the fire at scout camp. My son split a pine log about 14” across with a axe and a perfect little log came out of the center. I sat at the fire during the day while the boys were in classes and carved this with my Mora 511 knife. A v gouge was used for hair and I used a wire from a survey flag heated in the coals to burn it(except the “Welcome”). We will put it on the deli case at my wife’s restaurant.

C-WADE7, your work never ceases to impress

I agree. Impressive and pleasing. Great job.