Whittle Talk (My Most Used Folders)

A brief show and tell of my favorite folding cutting tools.

[@2371Anita]

Wooooow that yellow stockman is beautiful! 😍

[@enzowarren9832]

My Leatherman Wave is my all-time favorite knife. I carry a Becker BK2 when I’m doing heavy work, but the majority of the time I’ve got my Leatherman. I find the blade shape absolutely perfect for whittling.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

You did exactly what I did to my sak. The chisel is very useful thing to have.

[@wcknives]

Yes sir it is.

[@runlevelzer0]

An excellent collection. I love my carbon steel Case Trapper. It's always in my pocket and a Leatherman Wave is on my belt. I believe that it is important to first master your bushcraft skills with the knives that you carry with you every day (ie your folders) and then work on learning them with a fixed blade. After all it's those EDC Folders that'll likely be with you when you get stuck.

[@wcknives]

Run Level Zer0 Good ideas, I think we should practice with everything we can including different knife designs and styles as we can so when we have to use something other than what we have it does not feel foreign in our hand. Appreciate the view and comment.

[@wattshappenin]

some really great knives... and some interesting mods. Thanks for sharing, atb, luke.

[@wcknives]

wattshappenin You're welcome. Appreciate the view and comment.

[@raulcruz6601]

Excellent videos and to the point

[@briargoatkilla]

Great choices. I've yet to get that style of SAK, but it's on the list...my buddy said if I got one I'd be done with all them other knives I have, LOL.

[@wcknives]

briargoatkilla HA! well I have it and it is a great knife but still we search for the perfect one. The knife holy grail is there I am sure of it. Thanks Buddy!

[@lesclaveaphobos9664]

I was surprised to see your Boker 2020. My brother gave me one in 1979, still one of my favorites. That second blade is so useful, and easy to keep very sharp. I think I use that blade twice as often as the main blade.

[@wcknives]

It is a great knife.

[@bigfootbushcraft7063]

Hi my buddy!! I miss whittle talk!!! I have the wave and SAK love them! Need a WC!!!!!

[@tomritter493]

that sak is a rucksack model love that boar knife been looking for a good pocket knife have two of them two blade hunter types I love em one is a case other is an imperial frontiersmen great bunch of knives william

[@wcknives]

kabaruser Thanks Tom. I can never remember the model name of that SAK. Great knife though. Yes the case and imperial folding hunters are great as well. Old Timer used to make a great model too. I think the Boker blade may be the same thickness at the old timer if I recall the case is just a little thicker i think. Appreciate the view and comment.

[@tomritter493]

anytime William

[@paulie4x1]

Say Heah William, I have similar taste to your folders, I have a Boker similar to your knife but mine is the Stainless with Stag handles, I also have a Stockman, Infact a couple of them both in carbon and S. S. I think mine are made by Case. I have a similar SAK, mine is the Victoinox Delemont Collection 78, it has a liner lock main blade but a button on the handle. I don't know why but last Friday I went to the Pawn shop and both a few folders, Most all of them are the smaller sized, I would say medium. Like a Buck 112 X which is a 1990 and in the 425 Mod S. S., Then I got a real nice Diefenthal 409 similar size to the Buck and a Sharp tm also similar in size but in stainless instead of brass and stag. Oh yeah a Camillus Jim Catfish Hunter #4 similar in size, and a Schrade made in the U. S. A. it's a 2 blade Scrimshaw Barlow it's still in the original box, the Diefenthal is in the original box too then a Wenger fisherman with an Awl and that's why I got it and a tiny Case 2 blade folder, I got it because it's a tiny one. And that Case Pawnee 10 dot fix blade I told you about. That should serve me for a while whittling tookpicks heh heh heh. I stay with my Gerber Multi Tool, It's a simple 600, I have two vintage ones when they were all metal even at the ends instead of black plastic they use now. Ever since a bullet richochet off a soldier's Gerber and save his life or a severe injury, a hip wound, serious stuff, I became a Gerber man. Again, Thanx You.,,.

[@PrimalOutdoors]

Nice set of folders, I always have Leatherman on me, my daily carrier is fuse and the one I carry in my ECS is Blast neither one are made anymore. Jason

[@wcknives]

primalarcher Hard to beat a good multi tool.

[@randompunkrockfox6867]

@@wcknives very interesting content I subscribe but I can't find the knife modify video any links I be obliged greetings from Essex UK England near London 👍🐾🐺

[@csh6220]

Your SAK has 420 HC stainless steel blades (like Buck knives). I heard the president of Victorinox say they use 420 HC, although some newer models have "super steels", and will say so in their advertising for them (to justify the extra $$$ I suppose). I love your videos. Relaxing!

[@wcknives]

+csh 62 Appreciate your support and info.

[@dougjohnsonbushcraftandbjj5561]

Seems way better than 420 hc to me. Easier to sharpen and holds a better edge in my experience.

[@HeandIare1]

I used to have the big Boker, great knife, good steel. Somebody decided they needed it more than me. Sure hope it didn't bite 'em to many times!😁

[@wcknives]

Jimmy Green LOL!

[@homesteadinarental]

hey william hope you are well... great knives man.... i carry a leatherman 200 i have 2 of them, a carbon casexx lg. trapper, and sometimes a camulus cuda ats-34 steel, good pocket knifes are hard to beat....greetings from nc tim

[@wcknives]

homesteadinarental Yes they are Tim. Appreciate the view and comment.

[@survivalofthefittest409]

I'm a devout Leatherman user myself. Wave is my EDC, and the Surge I keep in my BOB.

[@wcknives]

Great tools.

[@aHigherPower]

I love the Rapala 4inch fillet knife. Razor shape, can use a fire steel if needed. lol Feather light. If I'm not careful I bring 10 knives with me and forget something else. lol I really like the Victorinox Farmer Alox for stand alone pocket folder. My only gripe is they need to drop one can opener for another blade.

[@wcknives]

+aHigher Power Appreciate your thoughts and view.

[@toddgibson9861]

the SAK Alox Farmer is my EDC pocket knife.....handy tool.....the SAK's have the best small saws of any I've tried.

[@thinginthewoods1414]

Sounds like a cat or dog in the yard. Jays are freaking out.

[@BIllDance123]

nice knives!

[@wcknives]

StlTony Thanks!

[@WilliamParmley]

Have a few blue jays around there, do you? :-) Enjoyed the video, thanks!

[@wcknives]

Just a few;-) Thanks!

[@DeepSouthExperience]

Need to get caught up. Hope all is well!

[@wcknives]

All is well my friend. I hope you are as well and getting some cooler temps down there.

[@adamdiaz5560]

Thanks for sharing, can we see the leatherman multipurpose tool. Can it serve for wood carving. Of like to see a full video breakdown and review on it. Also, can blades and other tools compatible, be swapped out in multipurpose tools, such as your leatherman?

[@wcknives]

adam diaz only leather man I use is the Wave. Nothing special about it. I did a modification to a leatherman sidekick a few years ago. There is a video of that on my channel. Thanks!

[@adamdiaz5560]

Just seen the video, saw your attempt to curve that blade. Think it would have bended if it were heated?, I wouldn't know.

[@wcknives]

adam diaz I could have annealed the blade and re heat treated but to impatient 😁

[@adamdiaz5560]

I know, I just finished looking up a video on annealing after your last reply. And learned how that it is the name of the game when it comes to a dependable blade. What about just sitting it in hot water, might it soften it up enough to help bend a slight curve in a key like that one?

[@wcknives]

adam diaz to anneal the blade has to be heated to glowing red hot.

[@evanf1443]

Ive never been able to get my SAK to hold a particularly fine edge. Not entirely sure why.

[@wcknives]

Evan F not sure. I prefer a coarse edge myself. Seams to perform OK for a mid grade stainless steel. Also it is easily touched up with a diamond stone or a vitronox mini sharpening steel.

[@evanf1443]

William Collins yeah that’s al lI seem to be able to manage for that particular knife. Thanks for the input and the quick reply.

[@honestdave]

It's a softer steel so it wont hold an edge for long

[@dougjohnsonbushcraftandbjj5561]

@@honestdave Who cares it's easy as pie and quick as can be to touch it up and get it razor sharp again.

[@brandonmitchell3617]

can you spell the name of the stockman knife? i lost my great eastern cutlery stockman so need another

[@wcknives]

brandon mitchell It is the Moore jumbo stockman. Order directly from the factory web site or hold it before you buy. There are some internet companies that sell seconds without telling you.

[@Crosswalker.]

The SAK is the Outrider imo... 🤔🙂

[@drcsep]

Have you use Opinel knives?

[@wcknives]

Carlos Sepulveda Yes I have, great thin blade high carbon knives.

[@drcsep]

Gracias

[@mikewyd53]

I love the carbon Opinels, the SS Opinels, not so much. Harder to get a good edge on and don't hold an edge very well.

[@MRPuch1]

The SAK is a trailmaster i think

[@wcknives]

Thanks but it is the treker model.

[@bigfootbushcraft7063]

The SAK is a Trekker

[@wcknives]

Bigfoot Bushcraft yep, another old video.

[@scottsmith6571]

Vivtorinox and case trapper

[@lewisward4359]

Boker 20-20 Classic has been discontinued

[@wcknives]

Lewis Ward sad to hear that. Great knife.

[@lewisward4359]

I hear that. Seems the younger generations want only SS or fewer steels. I have a few knives with VG10, S30V and a few older Schrade Walden Stockman with the 440C. I lost the Schrade and Case carbon steel slip joints and when I went to replace them in 1980 all they had was the 440C a sad day. Couldn't lose those knives.LOL

[@wcknives]

Lewis Ward yes sir!

[@bigfootbushcraft7063]

O crap this is a old video lmao hahahahahah

[@wcknives]

Bigfoot Bushcraft LOL, about 5 years old.