If you don’t think three-backspring whittlers are true whittlers, you’re really not going to like this one.Technically, a knife with five blades cannot be a whittler, and a knife with three backsprings cannot be a whittler. But since the “three backspring whitter” is a ‘thing’, some extend the concept by taking a three backspring whittler and placing blades on both ends of the outer springs. Voila, a five-bladed whittler!Essentially, this is the same thing as taking a four-blade knife with two springs, and putting another blade in the middle (riding on a single cap spring).Whatever you may call them (maybe just a five-blade penknife), these knives are rare and generally of very fine quality. See also: Whittler
Whittler, Five Blade (Five Blade Whittler, Five Bladed Whittler)
