Sonny Williams
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Someone on the forum makes custom carving knives, any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Sonny
Thanks in advance.
Sonny
custom carving knives
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Sonny Williams
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George, I started today. Have a class tomorrow, and one on Friday. He also holds class at a local church on Tuesday night. Not sure where it will go. Just trying to get involved in something that I have and interest in. Maybe can make some money so I can go back to Argentina.
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Chris Finch
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i have some deep woods knives and i like them.
dont let a master carver borrow one to try and show you how to sharpen it because it comes back looking like a saw blade, haha
dont let a master carver borrow one to try and show you how to sharpen it because it comes back looking like a saw blade, haha
Sonny Williams
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Cuz, A local fellow Joe Lee. He offered while I was working at the cabinet shop, so I finally went to see him. He handed me a miniature blank and a knife and told me to start. I don't know if he has a web page (Joe Lee Decoys).
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Bomber
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Sonny I would call Cape Forge http://www.capeforge.com/knives.htm they have some great Knives and if you don't see what you want they will make it. You just have to send them a drawing of the blade you want.
I have rather long fingers and the regular knife handles are usually two small. Cape Forge sold me just blades and I put them in my own handles the also made some blades taht I drew up. I have several that are pushing 18 years old, are still in service and still in great shape.
I have rather long fingers and the regular knife handles are usually two small. Cape Forge sold me just blades and I put them in my own handles the also made some blades taht I drew up. I have several that are pushing 18 years old, are still in service and still in great shape.
Steve Steffy
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I'll second the Cape Forge knives - I'm starting to accumulate a small arsenal of them. Now if I could just get some time to use them more...
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Sonny Williams
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Thanks guys for the link.
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Sonny
uncle mike pierce
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At some point, you may eventually move to using power tools, especially if you plan to do full sized decoys. Knives, gouges, spokshaves, drawknives, surform rasps, rifflers, and files all have their place, but power does too.......
I am an oddball when it comes to "carving" decoys. I recognized, early on, that I was "sharpening challenged", but could strop. I, from that point on, used exacto #2 handles and #22 and #24 blades. You can also use the fatter xacto handle that holds the 2 series of blades, but I learned to carve on the skinny aluminum one, and it now feels natural to me. BUT it works for me because I use the knife only for some detail and cleanup. The majority of my carving on heads is done with a foredom (so I guess what I do is not carving, but "grinding"?). I can still carve a head from a blank in reasonable time with a knife, rasp and sandpaper; but I can do a better job in 1/3 the time using a foredom and knife. When carving a dozen decoys at a time, that saved time is a big thing to me.
If you can sharpen a knife well, and buy a knife following the advice of the duckboats members who use custom made carving knives, I am sure you'll love it. The first knife you learn on will become as natural to you as my goofy Xacto handle and blades are to me, and and it will be a useful tool in your arsenal, even if you move to power tools for some or most of your wood removal.
Mike
I am an oddball when it comes to "carving" decoys. I recognized, early on, that I was "sharpening challenged", but could strop. I, from that point on, used exacto #2 handles and #22 and #24 blades. You can also use the fatter xacto handle that holds the 2 series of blades, but I learned to carve on the skinny aluminum one, and it now feels natural to me. BUT it works for me because I use the knife only for some detail and cleanup. The majority of my carving on heads is done with a foredom (so I guess what I do is not carving, but "grinding"?). I can still carve a head from a blank in reasonable time with a knife, rasp and sandpaper; but I can do a better job in 1/3 the time using a foredom and knife. When carving a dozen decoys at a time, that saved time is a big thing to me.
If you can sharpen a knife well, and buy a knife following the advice of the duckboats members who use custom made carving knives, I am sure you'll love it. The first knife you learn on will become as natural to you as my goofy Xacto handle and blades are to me, and and it will be a useful tool in your arsenal, even if you move to power tools for some or most of your wood removal.
Mike