Wood carving is the process of cutting the wood using different types carving tool such as wood carving knife ,chisel to give a desired figure usually for decorative purposes,while whittling is the process of carving shapes out of wood or in other words shaving slivers in a piece of wood which is being carved. Wood carving will be so easy if one use the right equipment for carving.Having the right tools for that work will be easier for one to carve decently without much problem.One requires a nice wood carving knife which is very cheap and available in almost every bigger towns .

There factors one should consider when looking for a good wood carving and whittling.These factor should be checked appropriately since they are the ones that determine the decency in wood carving.One of these factors is a good wood carving knife.This is a tool that is used to carve the wood to a desired product.The knife should be made of a high quality steel and should be hard enough with good edge to prevent it from becoming blunt so easily.The wood carving knife should be as much as possible not have any hilt since they enter in the way when carving so not required at all for carving.These hilt can only be used to protect the hand from sliding when carving.

The wood carving knife should be narrow from upper side to bottom side in concave regions.They should completely not have "scandi" grid. The edge should be a perfect triangle that goes down to a good point.Long blades without too much swelling will be better for most cuts.Always when doing wood carving and whittling avoid short blades since they don't make a reasonably good cuts and actually they are not as good as the long knife blade.Long blade are more efficient to use and they make good cuts hence desired product.The wood carving knife should as much as possible not have secondary bevels .The primary bevels are the best in wood carving and whittling since they are used to control cuts in curving and whittling of wood.Hence the secondary bevels should be avoided as much as possible as they lift the edge too far from the wood.

The best wood carving knife should also have a good handle.In most cases birch handles do well as they don't make blisters on ones hand and they have a soft feel when using them.Wood carving knife of high carbon content with soft steel at the edge would do better in wood carving.The softer steel makes sharpening easier and this makes it more easier to cut through the wood.There also smaller knifes called whittlers that are mostly used for removing the backs of a wood but this knives are not mostly used for wood carving purpose but only for removing the the backs of the wood and also twigs. What else one should know is that softwood are good for wattling simply because they are easier to cut.One should learn first to whittle with soft wood before proceeding to the hard woods.
In conclusion the a good choice of wood carving knife and whittling will determine the quality of the carved products that one will have.