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Super Easy Beginner Whittle! Bonsai Tree!!

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Super Easy Beginner Whittle! Bonsai Tree!!

I Spent a Week at the Rocky Mountain Carvers Roundup!

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I Spent a Week at the Rocky Mountain Carvers Roundup!

Whittling & doodling on a practice stick.whittling #woodcarving #oldschool #analog #folkart

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Whittling & doodling on a practice stick.whittling #woodcarving #oldschool #analog #folkart

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Carving silly things at my booth at the Midwest Artistry in Wood show in Belleville Illinois!! Too much fun!! Spending all da...

There are absolutely new study sticks. You dont have to try and find the vintage ones. check Fox Chapel Publishing or on Am...

Another of my vintage woodcarving study sticks! This one is from Gerald Sears, showing off stages of carving an ear and side...

Another of my vintage woodcarving study sticks! This one is Harlod Enlow's

Another of my vintage woodcarving study sticks! This one is Harlod Enlow's

Another of my vintage woodcarving study sticks! This one is Harlod Enlow's

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I finished my Frodo carving. Gonna paint him this week after I finish carving Hand carved with knife and gouge from a 5 or so inch tall basswood block. #woodcarving #whittling #fantasyartist #lotr #lotrart

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Super Easy Beginner whittle, this is one of the carvings I suggest to newer folks to try, it has all of the basics, and gives you something super fun to leave on a desk, shelf, or to give to a friend/spouse! Whittling is a super fun hobby and you should absolutely try it!! How do you start? You need several things, a sharp knife, a leather strop with compound for honing your blade, safety gloves (A5 or better) and basswood (to carve like i do at least.) Solid Knife brands, Flexcut, Badger State Blades (USA), Mstein (Europe) there are a lot of great knife brands. Stay away from kits on amazon of several knives. They're much much lower quality with inconsistently tempered steel. (What that means is its not hardened, and so it won't stay sharp easy, meaning you're fighting the knife and dont understand why its harder for you to carve when its easy for others.) Why Basswood? Its softer than other hardwoods and holds detail well. Learning to carve with basswood is akin to learning to drive on an automatic. It simplifies and streamlines learning. Woods like Walnut and oak can be carved, but learning to carve with them as the starting point is like learning to drive on an 18 wheeler Semi Truck with manual transmission. Its needlessly difficult. In europe, the equivalent is Linden, in Asia, Jelutong, and in south America Caxeta is a good substitute. #whittling #woodcarving #stepbystep #beginner #stem

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WIZARD!!! hand carved from basswood and painted with Acrylics! #woodcarving #whittling #fantasyartist #dndart #wizard

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Holy smokes!! Hand carved pickles all painted. A passle of pickles! 😆 🤣 😆 Hand carved Christmas pickles, 1.5 inches wide, approximately 4 inches tall. Fantastic, one of a kind, unique christmas ornaments. No two are alike. Some are similar, because i have a style of course, but no two are the same. They're all up on Etsy, listed at $25 a pickle! Special thanks go to Bruce Ankeny for the design. I've studied a LOT of his pickles!! #woodcarving #whittling #christmasdecor #christmasornaments #folkart

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