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[Just Carving]

Nice! I've seen a pattern for St. Francis with a rabbit somewhere. Great work.

Bob L

[Just Carving]

Although my carvings are generally small, I prefer to leave them natural with maybe a highlight here or there. I'm not a big fan of painting. Since I have been doing drawing for a long time, I should try using paint pens or maybe the Rapidograph pens with watered down paint.

Bob L

[Just Carving]

Love it! I often thought of doing the same thing with my bears but like you say, USPS doesn't make it easy.

Thanks Eddy!

Bob L

[Just Carving]

Eddy, That is just too funny--we saw one the other night hanging around our sunflowers. That was the first time I ever saw one and first time in a while for Michelle. Since then, I've been looking up patterns and trying to figure the best way to carve them with wings in one piece. I've carved them before...

[Just Carving]

Yup strop all the time. Use Flexcut's yellow gold and Rich Notto's white gold which I've had for years. Both work great. Sharpening is only done when I'm making a new knife, reprofiling an old one, or fixing a tool that I damaged.

Bob L

[Just Carving]

I've done some chip carving and your Dad's work is great. In the third photo I did see some some cuts where it could use some cleaning up but the cuts are good. If he's concerned about the symmetry of the chip cuts, tell him there will always be some slight imperfections that the he will notice. But...

[Just Carving]

Great colors and nice carvings. Try a piece of basswood for knife carving until your more comfortable working with a knife. Picking up a piece of harder wood and trying to carve it with a knife can be very discouraging, and many walk away from whittling. But once you get the hang of it, it is so rewarding!...

[Just Carving]

Want a quick way to pin the blade and never see the pin slide in or out? Use a brass wood screw. Make the hole big enough for the screw. Screw size will depend on the length you need to get through the handle and leave enough to cut off both sides. A half inch thick handle could be done with a one and...

[Just Carving]

I've used arkansas stones with oil--not impressed. Got the edge good for a hunting knife or other utility purposes but I wasn't satisfied with the edge for carving wood. I bought DMT card sized diamond stones and they were good until they didn't do the job near as well as wet and dry sand paper. I use...

[Just Carving]

Here's a link:

https://forum.woodcarvingillustrated...-exchange-2018

Bob L