Hey Tom! That's a great idea - I am always up for giving someone a good day !!! Thanks. 👍✌

Thank you Gene - we all carry on your great tradition!!! 👍✌

030769 - flip it "Dogs Part Two"👍✌

Thank you! 👍✌

Thanks James - I appreciate you watching!!! 👍✌

Thanks John - they are fun little projects!

Thank you Theodore! 👍✌️

Thank you. I'm so glad the videos helped! 👍✌️

Thank you Lori. Much appreciated! I am going to try starting back up again.👍✌

Thank you Stephen! 👍✌

Thanks my friend!!!👍✌️

Thank you for the helpful suggestion. I will definitely keep it in mind for my next video. 👍✌️

Thank you Steven! You can certainly use a pocket knife for whittling, keep in mind you will most likely have to remove the factory bevel as they are normally to steep. Some type of stone will be needed to grind down the bevel and flatten it out. You can also use a Stanley 199 utility knife, I have a few video's with the 199, but it also requires some prep work to get it carving sharp. To be honest, I would recommend starting with a good quality whittling knife that comes ready to go. I like the knives by North Bay Forge (www.northbayforge.com/sn.htm). Their medium size straight knife is a great all rounder. OCC make great knives as well (occtools.com/) - I own a few. Pick up a good quality whittling/carving knife, some green compound and hard leather for stropping, some northern basswood and you will be ready to go. Heinecke Wood has always been a good source for quality basswood (heineckewood.com/). You can also pick up some clean straight pine 1x at the local big box store (I use it in a couple video's). Eventually you will need a decent stone to reshape/repair a knife. I use a double side diamond stone and some ceramic stones (but these can get pricey). The other "cheaper" option is various grades of wet/dry sandpaper. If you have any other questions let me know. 👍✌

@@WhittlingWoods Super advive, Thanks so much! Gonna work on it soon

Thanks Kevin!!! I hope the new knives work out - always fun trying out a new tool. The great thing about whittling is even reducing the size of a block of wood can be cathartic 👍✌

Hi Roberto, I purchased the knife many years ago - it may be an older version of the RR Stockman. The main modification of the blade was to reduce/remove the factory bevel.👍✌

I typically grind the bevel a bit flatter than most pocket knives ship with from the manufacturer. I did a video on my method of sharpening knives which included a segment on pocket knives ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edJ0rLGGyc-RZWg.html ). Thank you! 👍✌

Thank you very much for your answer. I love your videos. They are so educational and calmig👌

@@MrTrinkus Thank you very much!!! 👍✌

Hi Stephen. It is pine from the big box store, my guess it is yellow pine - definitely not white pine.👍✌

@@WhittlingWoods Our store carries the yellow pine but also spruce/fir. I see some labeled whitewood, but that may be tulip poplar. Maybe I'm getting white pine confused with whitewood. Anyway, I wasn't sure how different they were when it comes to carving. I have carved poplar and it's decent to carve, but like basswood better.

@@fouroakscrafts7240 You know the more I think about it, the wood may be an eastern white pine or sugar pine - it is definitely "softer" than basswood. The Janka rating for basswood is around 410 and Eastern White Pine/Sugar Pine is 380. Poplar is harder from my experience, but I agree basswood is still the best for figure carving.

Not a stupid question at all. The wood used here is a 1x piece of pine from one of the big box stores. Around here 2x4's are made from Douglas Fir which is a bear to whittle. 👍✌

Some also asked recently. The one in the video is about 16 years old, no serial number on the knife, but the order receipt has RR599. 👍✌️

You sure can, and it would allow for some "deeper" detail.