[Woodcarver] Lynn's Old Reliable?

[Maura Macaluso]

 I found this pic and description on the internet: This are not my words.

"  From left to right these are:
 
Frost (Mora) short-blade knife: This is my shop knife and lives in myshop apron. I honed it up well and found that the curved, longer bladeis very useful for roughing out a block of wood. The downside is thatthe blade is fairly thick.
 
Utility knife: This is Lynn's "Old Reliable" and I can understand whyhe likes it. Once honed it's quite sharp and I find the deep blade tobe both a help and a hindrance. As I said, I'm a newbie so thoseassessments shouldn't be belabored or believed. You decide. I like thisknife, though, and you can't beat the price.
 
Xacto & scalpel: These are the knives I'm most familiar with frommy miniatures work. I suspect the Xacto would be useful for reallyminiature work but otherwise I was summarily unimpressed in using theseto work in flat-plane carving.
 
Wells 'regular' short knife: I found recently that there are twoversions of the "short" (1 3/4") knife. The 'detail' version has ablade with less depth than the one you see in the photo. I think thatwould be preferred as I have trouble getting this knife into smallplaces. Otherwise, the thin blade and great handle will cause me to usethis knife often.
 
small pocket knife: I carry this mostly because I was given it and it'suseful for cutting string and stuff like that. Once honed, it can bequite sharp but doesn't hold an edge very long. I like the smallishblade, though.  "
 
 


Maura Carving in NYC
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I was reading an article onolde santa carving and the carver mentioned "Lynn's 
Old Reliable" I assume that to be a carving knife. Hestated it was made from box 
cutter blades? Does anyone have information on this knife and / or picture or 
pattern on how to?

Happy Carving,
Rick Parker




      
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