Making a Helvie Knife
Making a Helvie Knife
These two from Helvie not only look good, but have had a lot of thought put into them regarding blade and handle style, how they are likely to be used, and how they cut – a lot different from a modified kitchen fruit knife. Signature Series 10 – The blade is approximately 2″ long, 13/16″ cutting edge and .055 stock thickness. The handle is natural wood 4” long and is shaped like a thicker oval handle (torpedo handle shape). The Hornet Bee knife has the extended tang and long reach.
– Kathy Overcash Signature Series 01 Bark Carver (Made by Helvie) Handle is about 4-1/2 inches, cutting edge in range of 1 inch. Signature Series 17 – The blade is approximately 1-5/8″ long, 7/8″ cutting edge wide and .035 stock thickness. The Side Winder has three cutting edges. The « A » represents a longer cutting edge with a reverse skew angle used for general slicing cuts. “B” represents a curved cutting edge that can be used as a mini bull nose gouge as well as for making controlled stop cuts.
Woodcarving Knife Sheath Cover
Through my research They have all kinds, detail , med detail, small detail, roughing etc. Lengths chip carving starting at one inch up to about 1-3/4 I don’t think I want to do more than a couple.
So any suggestion are welcome thanks for reading this post. Knife carving is a wonderful way to explore the carving of animals, caricatures and so on, and is easily accessible to people in as much as it requires very little equipment or expenditure, and can literally be undertaken anywhere. You can use any knife that cuts cleanly and allows you to access work properly, but in truth, some knives are designed to make life easier.
Detail Knives
I played with the soyld knives and they hog off material good and I played with some v cuts and stop cuts. These work good but I can tell I need a straight blade to make points with.So I think I will go for the helvie or OCC. And pinewood forge makes one I’ll look at but I have heard of people chipping them easy so I think Dels spoon type knife are excellent but I’m thinking helvie or OCC. Anything else you got would be great as I know nearly nothing about doing this. books, DVD suggestions anything you got would help.
The sweep style allows for slice cuts. The Helvie Rough Out Knives come with three different blade lengths 1-3/4″, 2′ and 2-1/4″ for you choose from. All three blades are approximately 1/2″ wide and approximately .050 thick. The standard blades are approximately 1-3/4″ in length. Cutting edge is shown down.
This is ongoing and I enjoy this. I have 3 hook type knifes with different sweeps and two soyld knives.
The width of the blade (measured from cutting edge to back) is also something to consider. Handle size. There’s a concept for handle size which seems to apply to the elbow & D adzes and the crooked knives of the Pacific Northwest native style carving tools. There’s a concept for handle size which seems to apply to the elbow & D adzes and the crooked knives of the Pacific Northwest native style carving tools.
- And pinewood forge makes one I’ll look at but I have heard of people chipping them easy so I think Dels spoon type knife are excellent but I’m thinking helvie or OCC.
- The width of the blade (measured from cutting edge to back) is also something to consider.
- Best I can tell this is called chip carving although I kind of think it is whittling.
- They are fantastic tool I just keep them honed and they stay nice and sharp.
- Through my research They have all kinds, detail , med detail, small detail, roughing etc.
- The length of the blade (measured from handle to tip) is also a factor in knife selection.
I have been researching I am am going to say what I am wanting to do is flat plane carving. The rose is something I can only dream of being able to to at this time. Possibly if I take to this through time I may try something more intricate like that.
I have a small set of pheil tools and a mallet for this and for the most part they do what I need. Next, I work a 7 days on and 7 days off schedule so I decided a couple years ago to start carving spoons when I’m out of town.
Knife Sets
Well worth looking at. In use For how best to hold the knife for maximum control, the handle is important. The knives looked at in this test have sculpted – there are sections for the fingers to locate into – multi-laminated and coloured ply handles which not only fitted in my hand well, but Michelle’s too. You can also pull or pare with the thumb on lower part of the handle on the blade edge.
I like the knife because you can push with the thumb in the low part of the handle near the back of the blade. Helvie Knives LLC has put together knife sets based off feedback from wood carvers. By purchasing any of the sets you save some money versus buying them individually. These sets can accommodate the beginners as well as the more skilled wood carvers.
The size I want to carve would be from 2x2x6 inch blocks down to 1x1x4 possibly. I do want quality good knife that strops well. I have https://bestwoodcarvingtool.com/ heard of Helvie, OCC and several others. I’m hoping I have outlined this enough that you folks can see what I’m trying to do.
The length of the blade (measured from handle to tip) is also a factor in knife selection. comfort of a knife handle is probably as important as the quality of the steel in the blade. With the type of carvings I do, I carve the end-grain often and hold my knife wood carving kit for beginners like a pencil with the sharp edge up. With all the « fancy » knives I own, my go-to knife is a bench knife made by Murphy with a 1 7/8″ blade. Verdict The blades take an exceptional edge when honed and fit in the hand so well they are a delight to use.
The blade is 1 3/4″ long and is thicker than the others. The handle is 5″ long and a little over an inch thick. The middle knife is more of a detail knife, with a thinner blade that is 1 1/2″ long. The shape of the blade and the thinner handle allow it to get in certain areas and make turns that the other knife is too big for. The final knife has thin flexible blade that is 2 1/4″ long. I use it an a lot of long knives with thin blades for detail knives also. The longer blade allows me to reach and make delicate cuts in deeper areas on carvings.
