Carving/Whittling Projects

[Old Hunter]

Love that cowboy carving Jack! OH

 

[billym]

^^^^Amazing Cowboy carving!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Steve in SoCal]

Another amateurish attempt as an inspiration to others. Balsa wood ball in a box

 

[HuntBomb]

Those ball-knots or whatever you want to call them are insane.
BF introduced me to 'serious' whittling a few years ago and I have found that it relaxes me just like sharpening knives.
All the other crap going on just vanishes and my only concern is the ball in cage or crazy faced character in front of me.
The mora makes a fantastic whittling knife but there's something special about completing the majority of a piece with an old Case 6347 stockman or split-spring whittler.
I also enjoy using gouges, palm tools, rotary tools, rasps, chisels, and even fire.
This blurs the lines between whittling/carving/power carving, but they each have their place in certain works and sometimes it's just fun to use multiple tools.
I started using whatever wood I drug off the mountain but now i mainly stick with basswood from Woodcraft, which is heaven for this stuff. And I also carve ebony, black palmwood, coco, walnut, several forms of burl, and purple heart, which is insanely hard and chipping my gouges.
Just follow along with a few you tube vids for beginners or just carve the first thing that pops in your head and whittling (with traditional slip joints) gets better everytime.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

This project took me awhile, but was enjoyable none-the-less. I did not use pocket knives for this Basswood project, but rather regular carving tools. Hope you enjoy the picts!
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Done.

That's amazing work Barry. Was cool to see the process, and it turned out great!

 

[grins000]

what talent you have, Barry

 

[Lance23]

Double post.

 

[Lance23]

So impatient waiting on my Rodent Solution I decided to try my hand at whittling one for myself.
Granted what the UPS man has en route for me will be much better, and sharper!

This is the before.

This is after about two hours with my Benchmade 15016/15001 and my KOWSKTS..

I think I was able to produce a nice homage, a little small, but the convex edge finishes off in a gorgeous "bonus spine".
All in all I'm proud of myself.
Thanks for looking!

 

[lutejones]

Great work lads, whittling is a very relaxing activity
Here are some of my last little guys. Some were made with the GEC #62 courthouse whittler until It slipped out of my pocket
The more recent were made with a beautiful 1970's case 6383

If you are interested I wrote some time ago a simple tutorial on the workshop subforum
whittling character tutorial

 

[screened porch]

Lutejones, I'm impressed that your faces don't all look the same. Helpful tutorial, too.

 

[dogstar]

Butter knife carved with Svord Mini Peasant

Lutejones, I like your figures!

 

[5K Qs]

Lutejones, I like your figures!

:thumbup: Me, too. And I really liked the tutorials you linked to, lutejones! What knife do you use for your little figures?

(And I see you're from Spain, where I'll be going to visit my daughter in a few months. Is there a knife shop in Madrid that I should visit for a souvenir of my trip, or a pocket knife that's "distinctly Spanish" that I should look for while I'm in Spain?)

-GT

 

[Steve in SoCal]

In process Basswood chain link and ball in box

 

[G L Drew]

My latest. This was carved from paulonia (? spelling), a weed tree that grows here which doesn't really have any commercial value but carves nicely.

View attachment 475297

 

[mike Berkovitch]

True artists around here, beautiful work guys.

Mike

 

[TX_planes]

A spoon carved from sycamore. I used a range of tools including spokeshaves, hook knife and this Mora.

 

[TucsonMik]

Great projects everyone! Here are a couple of mine. Carving Christmas ornaments has become a treasured pastime for me during the holidays. My beloved #57 Geppetto Whittler (pictured in the first photo) was my first GEC and still my go-to whittling knife.

Before paint:


After paint:


Okay...so I need to branch out from these little wizards...

 

[dogstar]

It's too bad we cannot thank folks for their posts. There is a lot of great stuff being posted.

 

[Melancholoholic]

Heya fellas, I'm 25 and just picked up woodworking. Got an old neighbor showing me the ropes. Just finished my first walking stick! Thoughts, critiques, and how much ya think a piece like this may sell for?

https://vid.me/ZiVt

Little 30 second video of it, thanks!
Nick

 

[leghog]

My son made this last year and it gave me on Christmas.