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_Knife_b.JPGWade's Personal Carving Tool167 viewsClick on this picture to enlarge.
Click on the enlarged picture to see more even more detail. (May take a while to load).
I alter the single centered blade at one end into a spear point shaped carving blade. In cross section, it is flattened to a wedge shape. Both surfaces flattened (not hollow ground) from back of blade to cutting edge. The micro-bevel is from stropping only. This blade is designed to cut soft wood. (Hard wood will require a wider and more blunt bevel).
The blades on the opposite end are changed to a 1/16" wide VEE and a shallow gouge with 3/32 inch radius.
All blades are tucked into the handle, so there are no projecting blades to be uncomfortable. All sharp corners except for cutting edges are smoothed for comfort.
If You check at www.buckknives.com you will see the price for an unaltered 301 is $46, which is less than $25 labor per blade for the alteration.
This does not take into consideration the other alterations to the knife which I do to make the knife more comfortable to carve with.
e-mail me at:
wlfaries@yahoo.com
Call (206) 276-1880. Ask for Wadewade
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Tree_House_0002r.jpgThis is the tree house Kevin asked me to look at before I started82 viewsThe other pictures show my interpretation.wade
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Barkhouse_#04.jpg# 467 viewsGrandaughter, Robbie, needed a housewarming gift for her first home. Notice the outhouse at the bottom. This is my only, so far, house that I started at the bottom. I carved the outhouse first. [It was the most important!]wade
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BarkHouse_#08.jpg#8 birthday present for Dawn63 viewsMade especially for 2nd eldest Grand-daughter, Dawnwade
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Barkhouse_#03.jpg#360 viewsDaughter Kathy had a birthday on June 18wade
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BarkHouse_#01.jpgThe very first Cottonwood bark house I Made56 viewsNeedless to say, it went to my wife, Barbara in April 2005wade
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Grandads_Gift_001a.jpg54 viewsNotice the J's worked in as windows. My grandson is Jeff and his wife is Julie.wade
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BarkHouse_#06.jpg#653 viewsAnother sample ornament class for Quilceda Spit 'n' Whittle, 2005wade
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BarkHouse_#02.jpgMy second house50 viewsDaughter Shawna's Birthday present June 2wade
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Grandads_Gift_002a.jpg50 viewsLeft end of House.wade
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BarkHouse_#05.jpg#546 viewsSample ornament class for Quilceda Spit 'n' Whittle, 2005wade
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Grandads_Gift_003a.jpg42 viewsBack of house.wade
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IMG_0041.JPG40 viewswade
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BarkHouse_cr.jpgEntered at Quilceda Carvers Show39 viewsAt Monroe Washington In April 2006.
1st place in Advanced. Cottonwood bark
At Northwest Carvers at
Puyallup, Washington, September 2006
1st Place in Advanced.
Again at Monroe in 2007
1st Place and Best Of Divisionwade
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Bark_Houses_09_r.jpg9th house I carved39 viewsBarbara claimed this one, alsowade
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Milt_s_House_026s.jpgMilt's House, approxiumately 13 inches tall39 viewsThe Day I arrived at TTN Mount Vernon, August 2006, a good friend died. I carved this house to help raise funds to purchase a memorial for him. It was raffled on Labor day. It earned over $300. His family will add to this amount to purchase their choice of a memorial The bark used was harvested at Nelson Farms in Idaho. My sister Norma Nelson helped me take the bark from the tree.wade
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Tree_House_001h.jpg39 viewswade
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Egg_House_066a.jpgShow Theme at Quilceda Show this year (2007) was 'EGG SHAPE'37 viewsThis was my entry. Overall height, 4 inches. It won no ribbon, but popular vote judged it best EGG SHAPE and awarded me the $50 "Theme Award".
I entered it again this year and it received a Blue Ribbon. [Different judge].wade
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2003_Me.JPGThis is me and one of my favorite shirts36 viewsMaybe, I should not have put this in the album, 'Things not Carved'. Sometimes I try carving this (not on purpose,tho').wade
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Stout_House_1.jpgFront of Anniversary house35 viewsNotice the windows are worked with Kevin's and Shawna's initials. About 5 inches tall from bottom of base. So far, the only one with railing around the deck.
Couldn't have my youngest grandkids falling off, could I?wade
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Orca_02.jpgKiller Whale (ORCA)33 viewsThis is the block I volunteered to carve for the Northwest Indian quilt. Quilceda Carvers will be raffling it at the Show in Monroe next April.wade
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IMG_0005.JPG32 viewsMe (Wade) displaying Pocket Carving Tool.wade
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BarkHouse_#07.jpg#7 another birthday present31 viewsMade especially for eldest Grand-daughter, Jamiewade
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Grandads_Gift_006cr.jpgWedding Gift31 viewsPresented to Grandson Jeff and his Bride Julie.
Notice their initials worked in as windows. Also, notice the stone below the deck. It is Jasper, in remembrance of my Dad.
The dome is six inches tall and six inches diameter with an oak basewade
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