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[Rodster]

I agree with TBox61. At my first carving show, I saw JP's book and it sold me on carving lil' characters. Eight years later, I'm still doing them.

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[Rodster]

It's nice to have a wooden tool tote, although most carvers at my club buy plastic tool boxes. They argue the wooden ones are too heavy. Maybe so, but they sure look better than plastic. I have a regular tool box and a smaller canvas one for when I'm travelling. The canvas one holds a strop, two gouges,...

[Rodster]

Hi Eddy.

I set up a tab for 'Woodcarving This Month' on my website a lil' while back. It features a rhyme and a carving each month. When this thread was brought back to life, I noticed my rhyme and thought I'd combine it with a picture of your carving for June's entry. I'll send you a private...

[Rodster]

Another great trio got posted today.
They're very good, I'm happy to say.

And you sent along a very nice story.
To accompany the carvings, in all their glory....

[Rodster]

Another good one!!

[Rodster]

Back in 2018, when this thread first appeared.
I had many opinions my wife found to be weird.

I was focused on fonts, and how they looked on a page.
I tried to pretend I was some kind of sage.

Well after three years, I've learned very little.
My brain is now...

[Rodster]

Nicely done. A cigar, pipe or cigarette often adds to a carving.

[Rodster]

Ol' Mike carved a cowpoke, with a rifle in hand.
In today's America, it would surely be banned.

Then Larry outdid himself with a violin playing Dude.
Who'd sing very loudly, but doesn't like to be rude.

Two great carvings from folks out in the West.
They're...

[Rodster]

Nicely done. All well carved. I like the cowpoke best.