The Old Man of the Sea

[JimSawyer]

Made this guy for my sister's birthday in may. Basswood. About 8" tall.
Inspired from a Mike Shipley design.

Citique, as always, are welcome.

[windsong]

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Jim
You did a great job on him i'm sure your sister will like him.And if she doesn't like it tell her to send it to me i'll give him a good home Ha ha
windsong

[tucker1931]

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Jim, well done. I wanna do one of those in the worst way, still working my way up the ladder to gain confidence in my ability to do one. Hopefully soon.
Cliff

[Iowa Carver]

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Well done, i love that shipley design.

Corey

[gene-messer]

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Jim .. good job ... I too love Shipleys design .. great job ..

Gene

[Anthony Filetti]

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Well done Jim!!

[tnartist05]

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Very nice Jim plus your painting made this old salty jump just right. Forrest

[JimSawyer]

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Thanks everyone. I can't wait to give it to my sister, (May 7th). She really likes the seascape motif. She already has a couple of my inlays from previous birthdays, so this should be a nice surprise since I've only recently started carving again, (I haven't done any real carving in years).
Again, thanks for the compliments, (keeps me going)!

[Kenny_S]

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Great job!!

[Dennis Taylor]

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I am with Cliff on this one, I have wanted to do an old salt, being an old salt myself, in the worse way...I have the Shipley book, and like Cliff confidence is the only block!....great project and sure sis will enjoy it!...Dennis

[Marci MN]

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NICE one! Your sister will love it! What book would this be in?

[JimSawyer]

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Marci, the name of the book is, "Whitling the old Sea Captain", by Mike Shipley. Dennis, Cliff, He's not so hard to make. You can do it!! He took me a while but it really wasn't that tough.