Started my carvings for Christmas.

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I have been making things for my kids and other family members for about 7 years now. This year I figured I would do Santa's for everybody.
They are not done but here are a few of them.
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Thank you for all of the comments and advice. I ended up going with a knife for the beards.
It has been pretty busy, but I was able to get some work in on the 3 I posted earlier.
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Also does that ball on top of the Santa in the middle look goofy?

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I have been working on a few new projects that are in somewhat of the middle stages. I have do clean up some things in each one. I am making them for Christmas presents so I have some time. I thought I would share.

I have a couple of questions though.
1. I did not use a v gouge on...