Ill., last year. Clark’s
full-size 24" spawning brown trout,
commissioned by angler Joel Jong
Jr., won Best of World, and earned
the artist his fifth Judge’s Choice
Best of Show award, as well.
During the same weekend, Clark
also won the prestigious master
of master’s category at the World
Taxidermy Championships, which
were being held concurrently.
Visit www.clarkschreibeis.com.
WoodTurning Cruise
The 2014 WoodTurning Cruise
will depart from Stavanger,
Norway, on August 11. During
the 12-day trip up the country’s
picturesque western and northern
coasts, the ship will stop in 11
cities for excursions geared toward
woodworkers, carvers, or crafters.
Eight international experts will
offer turning classes aboard the
cruise ship during travel time.
Visit woodturningcruise.com
for more information.
Rockler Opens Superstores
Rockler Woodworking and
Hardware recently opened two
state-of-the-art superstores, one
in Twin Cities, Minn., and the
other in Seattle, Wash. These two
huge stores (11,000 square feet of
retail space in Twin Cities, and
9,000 square feet in Seattle) each
feature a large glass-enclosed
demonstration area along with
expanded retail space.
Learn more at rockler.com.
Clark Schreibeis’s
award-winning
trout carving.
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Zippo has expanded beyond the
windproof lighter business into the
outdoor and camping markets. The
company’s new 4-in-1 Woodsman tool is ideal for
woodcarvers, especially those who harvest their own
walking sticks. The lightweight tool is a bow saw, useful
for cutting down saplings, that quickly converts to a hand axe
to knock off the branches. The axe is sharp enough that you can
also use it to lop down saplings, but the saw does a neater job. The
tool comes with a hard-shell blade protector and includes a tent stake
mallet and pulling loop.
The 4-in-1 Woodsman is available for $89.95 from Zippo, 888-442-1932,
Zippo 4-in-1
Woodsman
product
review
by Bob Duncan
Case Seahorse
Whittler
Case Cutlery’s Seahorse Whittler has been popular
among carvers as a portable folding carving knife.
Case stopped manufacturing the design several years
ago, but has recently reintroduced it.
I like the Seahorse Whittler because the small
point on the large main blade allows you to use the
one blade for roughing out and some detail work. The
smaller sheepsfoot blade gives you more control when
carving details because you can easily tell where the
point is, and the small drop-point blade allows you to
carve the most delicate details. I prefer locking blades,
and these don’t, but the versatility of this knife more
than makes up for that small lapse.
Most Case knives are sharpened for general use, so
expect to spend some time sharpening it for carving;
I use wet/dry sandpaper to extend the bevel almost
to the edge of the blade. The knife stays sharp and
requires only a little stropping to keep it cutting well.
The Seahorse
Whittler is
available starting
at $85 from Case
Cutlery, 800-
523-6350, www.
Gerber
Knives
Gerber has been designing
knives and other tools
for outdoorsmen and the
military for more than 70
years. Two of their knives are
useful for carvers.
The Three-Blade
Stockman features a long,
locking roughing-out blade;
a smaller sheepsfoot blade,
and an even smaller drop-
point blade, all of which
are made from high-carbon
stainless steel and hold an edge well. The blades came
with general-purpose bevels, which I extended on the
sheepsfoot and drop-point blades. I use the large blade
for general knife work (cutting rope, packages, etc.)
and reserve the two smaller blades for carving.
If you don’t like to sharpen, the Gerber E.A.B
Lite is a good choice for you. This folding blade uses
standard utility-knife blades that lock in place. A
screwdriver (or coin) is required to change the blade.
This makes the E.A.B. much safer to use than similar
designs