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The VOISARD COLLECTION
The WOOD BEE CARVER is primarily a knife carver who carves in a Whittle-Carving style. The knife is the favorite carving tool and the favorite knife is the one in the carver’s hand at the...
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HELVIE CARVING CONTEST
Hello Carvers! HELVIE KNIVES proudly presents……The 3rd Annual Basswood Knife Carving Competition! Some changes have been made in the rules governing the carved knife handles that will be suitable and...
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HELVIE Fund Raiser Update
The photo above shows the lay out of the presentation box for the Helvie fund raiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The cover of the box is decorated with wood burned art work done by...
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The DUNKLE Test
John Dunkle, knife maker, has developed a special process for heat treating and tempering a “premium super steel” in his latest line of knives. This new knife possesses super and long lasting...
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DRAGON BEE KNIVES
Dragon Bee and Dragon BEE II knives are the latest edition of the Wood Bee Carver Signature Series knives made by Helvie Knives (765-675-8811). Each knife hosts a scimitar shaped blade in a pistol...
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HELVIE RAFFLE WINNER ANNOUNCED
Skylar Smithson and Don Mertz stand behind the presentation box of 21 Wood Bee Carver Signature Knives made by HELVIE KNIVES and a Whittle Doodle carved by Don Mertz that was...
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STROPPING THE SIDE WINDER
Stropping by hand on a leather strop impregnated with an abrasive compound of choice is all that is needed to keep any of the WOOD BEE CARVER Signature Series knives made by...
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CCA Whittle Doodle
Each year at the Annual Meeting of the Caricature Carvers of America each active member participates in trading a carving with each other using a scheduled formula. The...
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HELVIE Fund Raiser Update
The photo above shows the lay out of the presentation box for the Helvie fund raiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The cover of the box is decorated with wood burned art work done by...
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HELVIE FUND RAISER
On July 19, 2015 at the Eastern Woodland Woodcarving Show in Converse, IN, the winning ticket for the Helvie raffle of a presentation box containing twenty one Wood Bee Carver Signature Series knives...
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HELVIE KNIFE COMPETITION
The Helvie Knife Competition was judged at the Renegade Carving Seminar in Lebanon, TN by Steve Brown and Jon Nelson. Pictured above are the winning entries. The left photo are the...
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AIW Banquet Raffle Prize
Artistry in Wood Show, Dayton, OH, November 14 and 15 will host a banquet on Saturday night which will include Raffle Prizes. One of those prizes is a Helvie Knife...
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UNCLE SAM ~ Theme Knife
One of the Artistry in Wood banquet raffle prizes is a commemorative Helvie Knife and knife holder using the theme of Uncle Sam. This project was a collaborative effort between Don Stephenson, artist,...
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MOUNTAIN MAN ~ Twice
A commission to carve two Mountain Men just alike using a photograph of a clay sculpture of a mountain man became a welcome challenge. Every carving project is a learning piece with its own built in...
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The OTHER KNIVES
The WOOD BEE CARVER is primarily a knife carver and ever since boy hood days of whittling with an old pocket knife, the knife, any knife, remains a favorite. Even though the WOOD BEE CARVER uses and...
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BEAR CREEK BLADES
The Bear Creek Hobo in the photograph above was carved using a Scimitar knife made by Mickey Gaines of the Bear Creek Blades. The knife was made in the continuation...
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HELVIE KNIVES ~ VIPER, VIPER II and VIPER III
HELVIE KNIVES introduces the latest addition to the WOOD BEE CARVER Signature Series of knives. VIPER (#22) , VIPER II (#23) and VIPER III (#24)are the latest innovation in the basic...
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BATTERY OF KNIVES
The knives pictured above are left to right: VIPER II, VIPER, DRAGON, SIDE WINDER and SIDE KICK. The WOOD BEE CARVER has been primarily a knife carver for over forty years and during this journey...
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VIPER III ~ More Than Detail
The VIPER III is the third and smallest version of the VIPER series of the Wood Bee Carver Signature Series. The design of the curved cutting edge and the downward angle of the snaking shape...
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SIDE KICK ~ Introducing a New Helvie Knife Series
The term “Side Kick” normally refers to a unique relationship between two people and means such things as a confident, a partner, a companion, one who helps, an assistant, a wing man, a go to guy,...
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