Reb Whittlin'

[carvin don]

Been fighting carpal tunnel lately, so I hadn't been doin' too much whittlin', but here is a lil' reb I carved to get me back in the groove.

By the way, I took a seat in the back row last night in the AAPK auction room, really enjoyed it. I will have to look in on more in the future, and Mr. B's intros were most enjoyable. Kinda' like watchin' old Hee-Haw episodes.

[BIGHEAD]

Fine work as usual Don

[mrwatch]

That is great. I need to post some of mine.

[rangerbluedog]

Nice old Reb Don. But where's his musket? Did he get captured?

[Froggyedge]

Impressive work as usual!
Sorry to hear about the CTS. I hope for a soon recovery!

[carvin don]

Thanks fella's, I appreciate the kind words.

Mr. watch, please do post some of yer carvings, would love to see them.

rangerbdog, yeah, he sure does need some firearms, I was/am gonna' try to carve him a cannon, since he is an artillery soldier.

Froggy, carpal tunnel ain't no fun, I appreciate the well wishes.

[islander]

Don; Do you make your own cutouts ,or do you buy
them ,is the wood basswood?as always your work is great.


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Don

[carvin don]

islander,

Thank you for your kind words. Yes sir, This lil' reb was carved from basswood, great carving wood.

I do both...some cutouts i'll buy, others I cut out on my bandsaw. Lately I have bought (or have friends cut them out fer me) more than I cut, saves time and potential finger loss This lil' reb soldier was from a cutout from a friend in Tennessee, which was originally a hillbilly cutout. With some imagination, you can turn the cutouts into just about anything, within the shape of the block of course. Here is a hillbilly I carved from the same blank, I added a corn cob pipe for some more visual interest ... Thanks for lookin'

[Froggyedge]

Very nice work - and funny too!