[big_Wayne_P]

Is anyone famillar with the
Stanley "Whittlin Jack"

I justsaw them being sold on E Bay
starting bid is $5

Was wondering if anyone knew anything about them and if they could be purchased anywhere besides E Bay

Are they actually made by Stanley tools?



and these 4 knives with a starting bid of $12

[AlArchie]

Wayne, Stanley has moved their production to China, so they may well have purchased the "Whittlin Jack" brand. Two years back, I picked up a 12 piece set of Whittlin' Jacks on sale from one of the knife wholesalers. I bought the set because I have had two of their bench knives and really liked them. One I loaned out to a new club member, who never returned to a club meeting and never returned my knife, either.......hmmmmm!

Anyway, all the blades are a high quality stainless steel, but all need a lot of work to get the "factory sharpened" hollow ground marks out of the blades. The "regular" blades all cleaned up very well, and I am quite satisfied with them. Their "chisles" are a whole other matter. Good steel, poor design. I did make a few contour changes in the chisle blades and most are servicable. I paid 50 bucks for the set, so I have no complaints, as the kinives are more than worth that. The set also came in a nice nylon pack material case.....another plus. This set has rubber handles which my two originals didn't, and I like the old style wood handles much better.

If you don't mind spending some time sharpening (those stainless blades are a bear to get sharpened properly), the final product is my favorire knife. Strops up really nice and holds an edge forever.

So, my advice would be to get them if you can hold the price down to 7 or 8 bucks apiece. If not, try the bench knife, I'm sure you'll like that!

I tried to post an image of the two styles here, but the upload is not working right now, so I posted it over on the "Knives" section of Picturetrail. There are two Whittlin' Jacks, a wood handled and a rubber handled, along with a Flexcut for size and blade type comparison.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...1540&members=1


Al

[big_Wayne_P]

Thanks AL

I had never heard of them

I was hoping they would be available someplsce besides E Bay

I like that rubber handled one you posted

On E Bay, I am not too sure about the design of the one selling by itself
I do like a couple of them that are in that set
I had rather pay more someplace else than to have to deal with E Bay

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Big Wayne - try
GunAccessories.com
they used to have a pretty complete line of the whittlin jack stuff. Both handle styles plus the regular knife sold seperately.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

http://nt.bnt.com/mhconline/shopfram...category%3D115 I don't like this site because you get in and click and click and it won't leave, then you click the x and lose everything! These programmers then they are cute I guess..but lose their clients money....!

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

here's the same set for 15.98 http://www.discountcutlery.net/en-us/dept_22685.html just do a search of Whittlin' Jack carving knives....lots of sites sell them

[AlArchie]

That one selling by itself is a "bullnosed" or "fingernail" chisle, and it was one that needed a LOT of work; bevel was too steep, back was not flat, and the shank was too short to be real useful. I did "fix" it and it's ok for stick carving, but not much else.


Al

[AlArchie]

Just looked at that set on the site posted by Dave.....the set of chisles and a saw? ALL those chisles need a lot of work to be useful. Bevels are way too steep and backs are not flat. They can be worked over to be useful, but that SAW?? The blade is hollow ground, so that means that the teeth are in the narrowest part of the blade, with the back being the widest part. That means that the kerf is narrower than the blade! Neat design, huh? If you are cutting extremely thin stock, I guess it might be ok, but the one that came with my set is an example of "intentionally designed frustration"! I really like the knives, but the rest leave a lot to be desired.

Also found that 12 piece set I ordered and got for 50 bucks, including shipping, but now is $93+shipping. It's a good buy at 50 but not at the current price.

Al

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Al

check out gunaccessories.com

[Plain_Ol_Ed]

Should have looked before I opened my mouth ... That set's 90 some dollars there too. They still have the single knife for $7.00 though and the wood handled set also, think it was $40. The only one with a decent price is the single knife.