All About Pocket Knives

First try. Doug Linker posted a u-tube video on carving this owl. Learned a lot about getting some detail and areas I need to improve on for the next one. Carved with a Flexcut knife

Excellent!!
Paint or leave as is?

Steve Warden wrote:Excellent!!
Paint or leave as is?

Thanks Steve. Haven't decided yet. I'm not real good at painting but think some color would bring out some detail on it.

Good job! Turned out very nice.
What are the dimensions?

That turned out awesome! Those would make great gifts!!!

New_Windsor_NY wrote:Good job! Turned out very nice.
What are the dimensions?

Thanks. It started out with a 1 1/4"square by 3" tall basswood block. My next one I'm going to try a 1" square x 2 3/4" or 2 7/8" tall block.

Doc B wrote:That turned out awesome! Those would make great gifts!!!

Thanks Doc B!

Looks really good! If it were mine I'd spray some shiney sealer on it, already looks like an owl.

Doug, best one yet. That is just excellent. Great details. Great job.

doglegg wrote:Doug, best one yet. That is just excellent. Great details. Great job.

Thanks. I learned a lot from making this one. Hopefully the next few turn out better.

samb1955 wrote:Looks really good! If it were mine I'd spray some shiney sealer on it, already looks like an owl.

Thanks! I think Ill do that. Plan on making a few more.

I did not know what a Flexcut knife was but I do now ( google search)

It would be interesting to see a sequence of pictures as you carve to a final product.
Keep us posted on your next project.

Bob

A month miniature version carved with my case seahorse whittler.

I like that owl. Kind of like "folk art".

A great owl and so too the photo.

Cool Doug, you put your previous experience to good use. That is great. Maybe a bigger one next time?