Spyderco Carving and Whittling Knives.

[knivesandbooks]

Would there be any interest in this and what would be a good way for Spyderco to go about this? Besides some small makers, the only real competition that I know of is Mora. I'm in always the market for good carving knives and would love a Spyderco option.

[Mstach07]

I am very interested. Mora makes a good wood knife and spoon knife but I believe Spyderco can make an even better combo. Something like the mora 120 and 164 would be great.

[Mushroom]

I've seen some very impressive work done, by a user on here, with a combination of a Des Horn and Nilakka!
Would be very interested to see Spyderco's take on a dedicated wood carver and hook knife though!
:spyder:

[yablanowitz]

The Des Horn made a pretty good whittler, as did the Nilakka, the Puuko and the Wolfspyder. You may notice they are all out of production now. They were all insanely expensive compared to Moras, which makes it unlikely that Spyderco is going to break into that market any time soon.

[yablanowitz]

It's possible that I'm the one Mushroom was talking about.



And the Nilakka project.

[bbturbodad]

^The Puuko was a beauty but tough to justify when you can get a custom with an exotic steel for less or like you point out a Mora for 10 bucks.

Edit: Holy crap! That's insane!!! :eek:

[JonLeBlanc]

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Cool work man!

A Nilakka sprint in 52100 would be sweeeet lol

[knivesandbooks]

I'm just wondering though: Mora makes cheap but good carving blades. I think they're around $30. What if Spyderco took some VToku and a wooden or even frn round handle and made a $60 carving knife. Or even a nice $100 carving knife with 52100 made simply? Maybe the carving world is an untapped market. I'm not very good but I dabble often, especially on nice nights. I bet Spyderco would sell more than a few if they kept them at or under $100.

[Bloke]

I can’t see Spyderco or any other knife manufacturer competing with Mora’s Sloyds which leave nothing to be desired in wood carving knives. :)

[DutchBlades]

I've actually ordered a book on beginner whittling projects yesterday coincidentally :p Might be in the market for one if I have some affinity for whittling.

[FK]

Under $100 with 52100 blade,,,, i would purchase 2 or 3 immediately.

Regards,
FK

[knivesandbooks]

Under $100 with 52100 blade,,,, i would purchase 2 or 3 immediately.

Regards,
FK

Well maybe under 100 in 52100 is asking a lot.

[yablanowitz]

And there you are, asking a lot. That is, asking for a lot of knife for a little money, which is where things usually end up. Spyderco may contribute a lot to charities, but they haven't gone non-profit yet.

When you whittle a lot, you sharpen a lot, so you wear away steel pretty quickly. Given that little observation, expensive knives don't make a lot of sense. I've done enough whittling with various steels to see some advantages to higher end steels, but I still question whether those advantages are worth the expense. Will a $300 knife last longer than 10 $30 knives? Will an exotic steel hold that hair-splitting edge ten times as long as 1095 or O-1? My own experience says "no". YMMV.

[JD Spydo]

I can’t see Spyderco or any other knife manufacturer competing with Mora’s Sloyds which leave nothing to be desired in wood carving knives. :)

Hey BLOKE I agree with you on the Mora knives>> but there is an American company known as "Flexcut" who has some pretty nice looking carving and whittling knives. Also some of the older CASE knives from years gone by were designed for carving and whittling. It's interesting that I've encountered two carvers in the past two years and both of them like Karambit type knives for carving. One of the guys was telling me that he used to have one of the old Warren Thomas Karambit models that Spyderco had around 2005 or thereabout.

I've also thought that Spyderco's Dodo model would be a nice carving tool as well.

[Bloke]

I can’t see Spyderco or any other knife manufacturer competing with Mora’s Sloyds which leave nothing to be desired in wood carving knives. :)

Hey BLOKE I agree with you on the Mora knives>> but there is an American company known as "Flexcut" who has some pretty nice looking carving and whittling knives. Also some of the older CASE knives from years gone by were designed for carving and whittling. It's interesting that I've encountered two carvers in the past two years and both of them like Karambit type knives for carving. One of the guys was telling me that he used to have one of the old Warren Thomas Karambit models that Spyderco had around 2005 or thereabout.

I've also thought that Spyderco's Dodo model would be a nice carving tool as well.

Hey Joe, I thought about the Flexcut whittlers but bought a really nice set of small Japanese laminated chisels instead.

I don't whittle with purpose very much anymore but I do enjoy making balls in cages to give to my grandkiddies. I've used various knives claiming to be Whittlers as you describe but I've found nothing comes close to a true zero ground Scandi of simple carbon steel like the Mora Sloyds with a polished bevel off something like a translucent or black Arkansas and maintained with a stiff leather strop and chrome oxide. :)