More 62W's and a bunch of EDC's
Couple of new colors for the 62 Courthouse Whittlers arrived today. One of the more interesting is the Fool's Gold. This was a limited run item of less than 15 pieces.
The Snakewood is great...
And their are a lot of EDC additions. A number of these are multiples of 2 or 3 in some cases. Lately the EDC sales have been more active than usual so I was glad to be able to pick up a fairly broad cross section of EDC knives. The stags are really nice as the majority of them are fine with the exception of front and back panels that aren't a perfect color match. All of them have very minor issues.
The Snakewood is great...
And their are a lot of EDC additions. A number of these are multiples of 2 or 3 in some cases. Lately the EDC sales have been more active than usual so I was glad to be able to pick up a fairly broad cross section of EDC knives. The stags are really nice as the majority of them are fine with the exception of front and back panels that aren't a perfect color match. All of them have very minor issues.
- 62W Burnt Stag
- 89 Genuine Stag
- 89 Primitive Bone
- 36 STL Burnt Stag
- 73LP Burnt Stag
- 89 2nd Cut Smooth Burnt Stag
- 48WT Grizzly Cut
- 12 Blue Abalone LG
- 53 Cattle Baron Black Pearl
- 53MFT Red Abalone
- 36 STL Snakewood
- H73310 Burnt Grizzly (will add tomorrow)
- H734111 American Elk (will add tomorrow)
Posted by Greg at 4/26/2011 7:05 PM 
Categories: New Great Eastern Knives
Tags: Burnt Stag EDC Genuine Stag
Categories: New Great Eastern Knives
Tags: Burnt Stag EDC Genuine Stag
The Snakewood looks great..and the Fool's Gold to cool....GEC intial had Seashell as one of the colors,does the Fool's Gold take its place or is it in addition too..
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The Fool's Gold is in addition. It's slightly different.
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Both of these 62s look great. When I saw the fool's gold, I though maybe seashell has been renamed. But looking through the pictures on your site, I see they are different. Looking forward to seeing it in person.
I had been on the fence with the 62, but the fools gold pushed me over the edge and my order is placed. I have been planning to try more (very amateur) whittling and this looks like a good pattern for it.
Those #53 EDCs were tempting too...
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Nick,
I'm interested to see what you think of the 62 as a whittler. I've primarily used an older Buck 703 which is a bit shorter than the 62W but a bit thicker. 95% of my cuts are made with the sheepsfoot blade.
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Nice Buck Greg. Thanks for posting the picture. The coping blade on the 62 looks like it would function pretty similarly to your sheepsfoot blade.
As a new and very amateur whittler, I do have a few thoughts on my attempts so far. I often use the main blade, usually a clip on a Case medium stockman or Boker whittler or even a SAK, to strip some bark or remove larger pieces. I think I use the large blade more often than I should, but that may be due to my whittling so far being primarily basic larger pieces and stick whittling to create wooden 'knives', forks, scrapers, etc. I am interested to see how having a wharncliffe main works out. I have noticed that most whittlers generally use blades with straight edges primarily. I think the pen blade should provide the necessary belly if needed. Of course, I do have other knives in case I need them...
I have 2 books by Chris Lubkeman with good whittling ideas, and I plan to try the ball-in-cage after I get a block of basswood. Looking forward to making use of this new #62.
My grandfather was a 'real' wood carver, so that is some inspiration as well.
One thing I noticed while whittling is that you need the blade tips to be safely sunk beneath the handle when closed or you will end up snagging some skin on them, especially when applying more pressure. I have had a few GECs with barely-covered blade tips, but it has always been an easy fix.
Sorry for this wordy off-topic tangent!
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Here's a couple of spoons that I've carved. The sheepsfoot or a coping blade make it much easier to make the stop cuts or undercuts. (and a gouge is a must have tool) If you start doing finer cuts, you'll find that a coping blade an inch long will handle a lot easier than a larger clip blade. Nothing wrong with a larger blade, but I just find it easier to control the smaller blade and it's easier to get into tight spots with. I think you'll like the 62W.
The top spoon was my first 'real' carving project and I just got hooked on spoon carving. They're relatively quick and easy to carve.
By the way, I've never mastered the ball in a cage. I normally get as far as a chunk of wood that falls out of a really crude hole!!! That's a tough one for me. If you've got a carving project, don't hesitate to forward some pix. I'm definitely an amateur carver and I'm always happy to share anyone's projects to inspire others to give it a try.
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Very nice spoons Greg! That is some inspiration. What kinds of wood are those?
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Both of those are Basswood.
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