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Offline sadiejane

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how bout showing yr carving skills
« on: February 28, 2012, 10:44:06 am »
ok first let me say i am not a woodcarver.
have tried my hand a few times, made a few spoons etc.
but it is not a skill i have mastered by any means...
i know there are some wood  carvers on here
and i would enjoy seeing pix of yr work.
hated to take over mcginnis6010's thread showing his erc work, so thought id start another thread-
hope ya'll dont mind and certainly hope yall will post some examples of wood carving.
and hand tools used too!
thanks

here is my last attempt at making a spoon and a spatula for a holiday gift
wood is walnut


here are some spoon carving knives ive picked up. top two i often use for bow scraping too
bottom-mora curved knife. middle is a custom knife a friend made for me and i handled with osage
top is a very old alaskan made knife picked up on an excursion yrs ago


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Offline sadiejane

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2012, 11:31:18 am »
another tool i use lots for spoons are palm gouges.
after making numerous spoons by cutting the shape out first then digging out the bowl.
i started carving the bowl first, often by clamping down the bit of wood and using palm gouges.
then working on the rest of it.
heres one i recently started.
koa wood from hawaii my sister from honolulu sent me
this will be her bday present one of these years....
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Offline iowabow

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2012, 11:48:27 am »
very cool post.
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2012, 12:06:55 pm »
Those look pretty good.
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Offline mcginnis6010

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2012, 12:26:32 pm »
Those look great Sadie! You definitely do have wood carving skill. Your skills will only get better the more you carve. I use a Murphy carving knife and usually a scorp for the bowl but I have to get a new one. I also use small pocket knives and palm gouges as well.ill get some pic of some stuff I've done in a bit .
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Offline sadiejane

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2012, 03:02:57 pm »
Quote from: mcginnis6010 on February 28, 2012, 12:26:32 pm
Those look great Sadie! You definitely do have wood carving skill. Your skills will only get better the more you carve. I use a Murphy carving knife and usually a scorp for the bowl but I have to get a new one. I also use small pocket knives and palm gouges as well.ill get some pic of some stuff I've done in a bit .

thanks man-
thats what i was hoping to do-didnt wanna really show anything id done-was just hoping to get folks to post their wood working/carving stuff without totally hijacking yr thread.
look forward to seeing more of yr work and yr tools!
thanks!
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Offline jonathan creason

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2012, 03:52:30 pm »
Here are some duck decoys I carved a few years ago.  All done with hand tools.




This canvasback was carved out of 2x10 dimensional lumber.  That was a chore.
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2012, 03:55:59 pm »
Nice ducks Jonathan!! 8)
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #8 on: February 29, 2012, 03:05:27 am »
Cool pipe man, thats some talent!!
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #9 on: February 29, 2012, 11:14:09 am »
I carved ducks about 25 years ago, made a mistake and turned a hobby into a business, carving quit being fun. I put down my duck carving tools in 86, never touched them again.
I sold all my good ducks, sure wish I had a few of them back and only have a couple of so-so ones left.

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #10 on: February 29, 2012, 12:32:54 pm »
WOW ,man that is some nice stuff.
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Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2012, 12:21:01 pm »
The teal was one of my first, the woodie one of my last. My painting skills went way up between the two. The ones that are long gone looked like they could fly away, dang, I wish I hadn't sold them.
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Offline Alpinbogen

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2012, 12:20:26 am »
You guys have some serious carving talent.  Very nice!
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Offline Jimbob

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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2012, 08:11:27 am »
That looks pretty cool Josh!
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Re: how bout showing yr carving skills
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2012, 09:13:35 am »
Gun doc you should post that atlatl handel that I saw yesterday. 
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