Trout in Butternut

[Mike WNC]

Nice looking dolphin Ron! Did you carve it from Basswood? If so, it seems to have more grain than typical.

Mike

[Mike WNC]

That's a beauty Claude!

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[Mike WNC]

I really like this one. The hat, the paint, the beard.... well done!
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[Mike WNC]

Thank you Dashriprock. This was the first time I've worked with butternut. I like it. It carves easy and has nice color and grain.

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[Mike WNC]

Thank you Joe....

[Mike WNC]

Great story, great carving!

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[Mike WNC]

Thank you all for taking a look and for the nice comments. This was a fun project. A little more involved than I thought it would be but I'm glad I gave it a try.

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[Mike WNC]

First off I want to thank Nebraska AKA Ed for the great trout carving tutorial he recently posted and for answering my numerous PM's while I was trying to pull this off.

Carved from Butternut, the trout is about 10 inches long and has three coats of Tung oil. I ran into a couple of worm...

[Mike WNC]

Very nice Mr.M! You even threw a pickle in there...

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[Mike WNC]

Very nicely done Jonathan!

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[Mike WNC]

Beautiful carving! I think I now see why you start with a three-quarter inch thick piece. It looks like so many layers and so much depth. Beautiful!

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[Mike WNC]

You’re carvings are always an inspiration! So we’ll done. I’ve got to ask though, who’s salt and who’s pepper?

Well now, after posting I went back and viewed the photos again and it’s obvious. Santa’s holding a big “S”, and Mrs. Claus is holding a candy cane “P”. Well...

[Mike WNC]

Have you tried the hot needle test?

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[Mike WNC]

That’s an amazing work of art! Thanks for sharing the link to the video!

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[Mike WNC]

A wonderful carving and a beautiful story.

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[Mike WNC]

Very nice Ihor! What finish did you use on the handle?

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[Mike WNC]

Thanks for doing this Dave! I downloaded the PDF. Although I didn’t read it in its entirety it looks absolutely complete, drawings, materials list, sources, well done and thank you!

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[Mike WNC]

Very nice, I like those bib overalls!

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[Mike WNC]

Very nice, I like the ice skates, and the jingle bell on his cap! Well done.

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[Mike WNC]

Xorgon, how did you rule out ivory?

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