Banjo Man / Carving Show
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:31 am
Haven't bought any pocket knives as of late, but did go down to Charlotte NC a couple weeks ago to enter their woodcarving show. I bought a couple carvin' knives from Ralph Long and one from Allen Goodman. (Allen is a helluva' carver from East Tennessee 
)Those folks put on one heck-uva show. One of the highlights for me was meetin' ole' Tom Wolfe, one of the grandfathers of caricature carving in this country. I managed to buy a few carvings of his, one of which is pictured below...mountain man w/ huntin' dog. The other picture is of the Banjo Man I'm tryin' to finish up, along with my whittlin' contest piece, they gave you a 2"x2"x7" block of wood and 2 hours to carve anything you wanted. I managed to carve this hillbilly feller and actually took 4th place for my efforts. I was as nervous as a cat at a dog show, this bein' my first whittlin' contest and cause' I was surrounded by 15 other mighty talented carvers. I won a carvin' knife made by John Dunkle (Herb Dunkle's son) a Case ballcap, Case polishing cloth and some sandpaper. I had a hoot-hollerin' time...
Banjo Man/hillbilly/carvin' knives
)Those folks put on one heck-uva show. One of the highlights for me was meetin' ole' Tom Wolfe, one of the grandfathers of caricature carving in this country. I managed to buy a few carvings of his, one of which is pictured below...mountain man w/ huntin' dog. The other picture is of the Banjo Man I'm tryin' to finish up, along with my whittlin' contest piece, they gave you a 2"x2"x7" block of wood and 2 hours to carve anything you wanted. I managed to carve this hillbilly feller and actually took 4th place for my efforts. I was as nervous as a cat at a dog show, this bein' my first whittlin' contest and cause' I was surrounded by 15 other mighty talented carvers. I won a carvin' knife made by John Dunkle (Herb Dunkle's son) a Case ballcap, Case polishing cloth and some sandpaper. I had a hoot-hollerin' time...