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HemeolaMan

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Anders' Carving knife

El Guitarrero.....

The carving knife....why is this tool absent from every luthiers book, and yet there are makers inmexico who use no other tools at all?

How much do you /could one use the knife?

What kind of knife to use?

How to sharpen?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 14 2009 22:36:22

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

I only use a carving knife when I make the heel and where the neck goes into the headstock.

Besides that, sharpening the pencil.

A good Sweedish Frost knive, one with a narrow blade is good but there are many others. I prefer Scandinavean knives because I´m used to sharpeing them and the steel is very good. Some few strokes on a fine diamond stone is enough.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 14 2009 23:17:02

HemeolaMan

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

thankee thankee.

i always thought the carving knife was a cool thing. I've seen it in alot of pictures and i know lots of builders use them (cuchillo i think in mexico)

what is your opinion on this seemingly soulless plug that lmii threw together as a list?

http://www.lmii.com/carttwo/Basictools.asp

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 15 2009 16:29:09

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

These kinds of lists are made to sell you the goodies. Dont read them.

I made my first guitar with VERY few tools. I have a lot of things now. And they help me building better guitars. Its a matter of what you want.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 15 2009 23:38:53

Tom Blackshear

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

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ORIGINAL: HemeolaMan

thankee thankee.

i always thought the carving knife was a cool thing. I've seen it in alot of pictures and i know lots of builders use them (cuchillo i think in mexico)

what is your opinion on this seemingly soulless plug that lmii threw together as a list?

http://www.lmii.com/carttwo/Basictools.asp

When I went back to building in 1974, I built a flamenco guitar with a Hacksaw, file, and some sandpaper. That was about it. Also, I used the worst looking wood I could find, and covered it with a dark stain. I got a lot of orders from that guitar because it was a monster in its sound. I still have the guitar as I wouldn't want to let it out, it looks so bad :-)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 21 2009 13:30:38

jshelton5040

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to Tom Blackshear)

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ORIGINAL: Tom Blackshear

When I went back to building in 1974, I built a flamenco guitar with a Hacksaw, file, and some sandpaper. That was about it. Also, I used the worst looking wood I could find, and covered it with a dark stain. I got a lot of orders from that guitar because it was a monster in its sound. I still have the guitar as I wouldn't want to let it out, it looks so bad :-)

Well I built my first guitar with nothing more than a pair of toenail clippers, some pinking shears and an old piece of smelly sharkskin

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 21 2009 15:34:17

Anders Eliasson

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

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Well I built my first guitar with nothing more than a pair of toenail clippers, some pinking shears and an old piece of smelly sharkskin

Thats the spirit.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 22 2009 9:03:57

HemeolaMan

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

Benito Huipe and cuchillo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2009 11:40:46

jshelton5040

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to HemeolaMan)

He looks like a kindred spirit. A gut, a knife and a badly stained shirt. All signs of a good craftsman.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2009 16:04:06

jstelzer

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RE: Anders' Carving knife (in reply to jshelton5040)

I can attest to John's tools as I was fortunate enough to visit his shop when he built his first guitar. Although, I don't recall the snake skin smelling all that bad.

His shop was always neat and well organized due to the fact that John had to return the butter knife to the kitchen as soon as he was finished using it .. it was the only one they owned.

The dirt floor .. and walls .. well they just lent a certain earthiness to the shop ambiance.

Bending sides on the furnace flue .. that is an art form that you really have to see to appreciate.

I believe that the mushrooms growing on his wood stash also found their way to the kitchen.

BTW John, do you still have that hatchet I loaned to you when it came time to install the frets?

Jim in La Pine

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 23 2009 18:25:00