Traditional pumpkin (and other) carvings!

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It being October and the time for a bit of pumpkin, gourd, watermelon carving, how many of you guy do all the carving with your traditional? I'd love to see the knives used and the artistry created with the fantastic traditional knives we all love!



I'll start, my daughter has a pumpkin allergy so no pumpkins for us, we carved out some watermelons with my parents and sister. My little one had a blast (more eating the watermelon than actual carving) the whole time.

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Family shot to finalize

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I'd love to see you guy's carvings and families, so feel free to share!
 
I haven't carved any yet, but I think my GEC 65 will be great for it with the long thin blade.

That watermelon is great, and you have a very happy looking family!
 
That watermelon photobomb pic is great!

I'll have to look into that. I love the tri-color look you can get with the watermelon.
 
Carving watermelon is a super cool idea. I've never seen that before. Used my Case medium Stockman on our pumpkins this year. The clip blade worked well for the detail work.
 
Great job on the watermelon carving, Blade_Crazy :thumbup::thumbup:
Love your photos! Our daughter is 26 now, but I fondly remember the days when she was your daughter's age - good times :)
Enjoy your time with your little one - the years fly by!

- GT
 
A few pics from our annual pumpkin slaughter. This year's knife of honor was my GEC 66 calf roper slim.





-- Mark
 
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Great pics folks :) My kids are all grown up now, so I'm probably not going to do any pumpkin carving. I love seeing all these artistic efforts though. When I was a kid, there were no pumpkins here, and people hollowed out turnips - Just surviving that with all your digits intact is an achievement! :D
 
Parke1 said:
How neat is that idea?!? I just may have to give that a try!
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I guess that was the tradition, but they're hard work - got to be easier with some skill and a good sharp knife, rather than a table knife out of the kitchen drawer! :D I always imagine that British hospitals were busy treating turnip injuries at Halloween! :eek:

The other thing is, when you put a candle inside, turnips kind of stink a bit! :D ;)
 
When I was a kid, there were no pumpkins here, and people hollowed out turnips - Just surviving that with all your digits intact is an achievement!
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Jack Black said:
I guess that was the tradition, but they're hard work - got to be easier with some skill and a good sharp knife, rather than a table knife out of the kitchen drawer! :D I always imagine that British hospitals were busy treating turnip injuries at Halloween! :eek:

The other thing is, when you put a candle inside, turnips kind of stink a bit! :D ;)
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Hahahahhaha , I thought you were joking in your first post, kind of like the having to walk 40 miles to school in the snow , up hill both ways thing. I will always think of you as Jack Black The Man Born Before Pumpkins.:D

Disclaimer:No animals or gourd like objects were harmed in creating this post and most certainly no malicious or snarky vibe was meant toward Mr. Black as I have much respect for the man.
 
flatblackcapo said:
Hahahahhaha , I thought you were joking in your first post, kind of like the having to walk 40 miles to school in the snow , up hill both ways thing. I will always think of you as Jack Black The Man Born Before Pumpkins.:D [/COLOR][/SIZE]
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LOL! :D No, it's true, when I was a kid there were only about half a dozen vegetables here! :D Even in the 1980's, I remember going into a small shop to ask for a green pepper, and another customer (not even the shopkeeper) sneered, "Oh no love, it's all beans and chips round here!", like I was asking for Beluga caviar or something! :eek: That's baked beans and fries by the way ;)

I'm not sure when they started growing pumpkins here, but it was relatively recently, as Halloween gets bigger here every year. Pumpkin isn't really eaten here at all.

I wonder how far back turnip carving goes, have to research that one! ;)
 
We made turnip lanterns as a kid too... I'm not sure where our tradition came from, as far as I can tell it's not really endemic to any of the places we lived or emigrated from. :/ But since by my birth, we were here in the States, we were something of a laughing stock in school. Once I (as oldest) was old enough to say something meaningful about it, my mother swapped us over to pumpkins. I think in the end, she was happy to do so. I'll have to ask her about it.
 
liamstrain said:
We made turnip lanterns as a kid too... I'm not sure where our tradition came from, as far as I can tell it's not really endemic to any of the places we lived or emigrated from. :/ But since by my birth, we were here in the States, we were something of a laughing stock in school. Once I (as oldest) was old enough to say something meaningful about it, my mother swapped us over to pumpkins. I think in the end, she was happy to do so. I'll have to ask her about it.
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We never did it as kids either.
Sadly many older generation Australians despise Halloween . I'd say over 50%.
"it's a rippoff " they say. When I see the price of pumpkins get so high you could buy shares in one I'm inclined to agree. The supermarket has them for $12 and underneath in almost microscopic letters "per kilo"
That makes the average decent sized pumpkin around $30 just because they put a halloween sign on it. Normally a pumpkin is around 5bux.
Some of the more extreme G.O.B.s (grumpy old .......s) will turn the hose on little kids trick or treating.
Fortunately the emphasis is on treat and there is little in the way of trick.
The boys and some of their friends will form a group and go round the immediate streets in costume.
Parents will go round with very small kids.I like how they completely disregard the meaning of Halloween and come dressed as Spiderman ,Ironman or Sheriff Woody. They always come here for lollies and its a social event in these quiet streets.
I like it.
I'll be doing the watermelon thing :) pics to follow.
 
Pumpkins are still cheap here. I've only had kids Trick or Treating once in 12 years, so I've given up buying stuff.

They celebrate 'Mischief Night' here in Leeds, I'd never heard of it before moving here. Pretty quiet where I live though.
 
I've carved a pumpkin every year we've been married - 42 at last count. Sometimes only one or two trick-or-treaters, sometimes a few dozen. More lately, since my neighbor has grandkids now, and started decorating for them in a big way. Regardless, I always stock up on my favorite chocolate candy, so at least one kid is happy.;)
I usually wait until Hallowe'en Day to carve, since Texas fall weather is usually in the 80s, and a cut pumpkin can go bad pretty quickly. So this year's Jack O'Lantern is still concealed in his pumpkin, but here is last year's. Carved using just the sheepsfoot blade on a little Bulldog Brand stockman.
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