Talk:Whittling

Worldwide
I found rather interesting that despite it supposedly "has been practiced worldwide for centuries", this page exists only in the English version; not even in the basque one where it supposedly "is a traditional sport". --Lo&#39;oris (talk) 07:46, 11 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I know the gentleman that added the above reference to the Basque region, and it was simply vandalism. The page has been edited to remove the reference.  The change was added as part of a 'social-experiment' to discredit wikipedia. Richaoj (talk) 00:15, 15 August 2011 (UTC)


 * good, but the "worldwide" vs. "only English version exists" argument still stands, so I'm going to remove that line. --Lohoris (talk) 20:28, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Whittling vs carving
The page currently says:

Occasionally the terms "whittling" and "carving" are used interchangeably, but they are different arts. Carving employs the use of chisels, gouges, with or without a mallet, while whittling involves only the use of a knife.

Is the line between the two so black-and-white? Many of my whittling books suggest using a V chisel to add detail such as hair. Often the same effect can be done with a knife only (a stop cut + one slice on either side), but the books note that it's easier to just use a V chisel. --Hirsutism (talk) 14:44, 19 April 2018 (UTC)