Suggestions for decent priced whittling knife?

[cobrajoe]

I'd like to get some ideas for a good knife that my bro can whittle with, he just got into it and enjoys carving designs into sticks and such. I'm thinking he might need something a bit better than his SE robin, or something that could pair with it to make a dynamic duo.

Any suggestions? I'd also like to cap the price off at about $20 if I could, but that wharcom looks like it would be great. Or maybe some three or four blade slipjoint?

[cobrajoe]

Papers projects and finals is a sob story. I wanna cry just thinking about them.

And yes, I know. But I don't really want to give my bro a nice "new" S30V native when I could keep it myself!

[Zac]

Go for a Schrade!

Wait a check...GO FOR THE NATIVE!

[denn]

Opnel #7 ? $5

:D

[spydutch]

When my son was a few years younger, he often asked me to carve a dagger out of a branch.

This was before my :spyder: addiction and my trusty SAK always did a great job;)

[Jenner 515]

Just my 2 cents...the Case Seahorse Whittler is probably the best knife I have found for Whittling below $100. I got mine with Blaze Orange G10 handles.

4" Closed.

[Jordan]

for whittling stick with the trifecta... buck, case, and shrade... and of them will do

[cobrajoe]

That seahorse is almost out of my gift price range, but it is really cool. Now I'm stuck between a three blade stockman type of knife, or a opinel. I'm leaning towards the opinel, mainly because I've never seen one in person, and I'd be able to play with it before giving it :D.

Any further comments, suggestions, unprovoked name calling?

[vampyrewolf]

Canadian Tire has the Vnox Driver on for $10 here.... picked up 5 of them this morning ;) Sale is good till next week wednesday if you want one.

[Padawan]

Hey man, I offered a free S30V Native PE and you never came and got it:eek: ...gave me a sob story about having papers, projects and finals due soon...:rolleyes:

Well, I'd certainly be willing to send you money for shipping with a generous offer like that. (hint, hint)

[cobrajoe]

Well, I'd certainly be willing to send you money for shipping with a generous offer like that. (hint, hint)
Shipping? Nah, it's probably cheaper to burn a bit of gas than to pay for shipping. Besides, I don't really want to give my bro a S30V blade. He's great, but not S30V great :D. That'll be one for me. ;)

[Padawan]

Shipping? Nah, it's probably cheaper to burn a bit of gas than to pay for shipping. Besides, I don't really want to give my bro a S30V blade. He's great, but not S30V great :D. That'll be one for me. ;)

I was hinting that I'd gladly pay for shipping if he wanted to send it to me instead. ;)

[cobrajoe]

I was hinting that I'd gladly pay for shipping if he wanted to send it to me instead. ;)
Taking a cool knife away from me in my own thread? That's low. :p But I guess it's not mine to give.

No more suggestions for a whittler though?

[Chucula]

Besides, I don't really want to give my bro a S30V blade. He's great, but not S30V great :D. That'll be one for me. ;)

eh this whole thread doesnt sound right. take the native and give it to your brother or keep it and give your brother one of your other knives. it is by far the cheapest solution. I cant understand why you are against giving your brother a good knife, unless he is mean to you or something.

"not s30v great" what kind of joke is that? s30v isnt even that great of a steel

[cobrajoe]

Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against giving my bro a good knife, and I have nothing against spending some money. But one of our family "gift rules" is to have a spending limit of around $20-$25, this way one person doesn't give much more than anyone else. I really don't think a native is the knife he needs for his hobby, and he has already seen or used most of my collection, so I can't give him one of those. Not to mention that I don't have a knife in my collection that would be better than his robin for his style of carving.

As for the steel joke, maybe it wasn't a good joke. But truth is that my bro wouldn't know the difference between S30V and a cheap steak knife, where S30V is one of my favorite steels--That's probably just a weird personal preference of mine though.

I was thinking of giving him something a bit smaller and slimmer, something for detail work. He's mostly into design carving right now, so maybe a little three blade slip joint would be the best. Heck, I can't decide. That's why I started this thread, to try and get some advice, but it seems to have drifted off course.

[Chucula]

fair enough. I'd have to agree with the others then--case or buck.

[fret]

Take a look at Little Shavers Woodcarving Supply. He , Rick, has what is needed to do all kinds of carving and is a life long wood carver himself.
http://www.littleshavers.com/

[cobrajoe]

Take a look at Little Shavers Woodcarving Supply. He , Rick, has what is needed to do all kinds of carving and is a life long wood carver himself.
http://www.littleshavers.com/
Wow, that's a great selection. I guess I already ordered a three bladed "old timer" from schrade though. I think it should cover most of the bases for what he likes to do, but if he is still doing it by the time his birthday rolls around, I'll definately get him one of those :D