Big one doesn't always get away

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Nice one Herb , ...... looks like that fellow is headed for town.

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Getting close to Christmas you say?...... guess I'd better start behaving myself...... lol
Nice work as usual Herb!
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I think he would of won that fight,..... if he hadn't fallen down and his opponent caught him....

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Lol.... :-)... I had one that used to eat my homework...

Dang it Soggy, Now I am going to have to come up with another excuse. Maybe my dog took my bark. Tom

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Here ya go Tom........
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If I could of carved one half that good, maybe I'd still be carving them. The few that I did attempt looked like they should be wearing army boots and driving a garbage truck

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That's a really nice carving. I've never tried to carve bark,...... might just have to add that to my " to do list "

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"Bass Pro Shop"..... hope I don't get sued......lol ...

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Finished this fellow up a couple of days ago. A friend of mine asked me to carve a bass fisherman so she could give it to her nephew for Christmas . I know the nephew personally, and since he is quite a character it was a fun carving to do. The shirt tail and pants leg hanging out is no exaggeration...

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Yikes!... Eddy, I love to carve and I enjoy painting 'em, but I had to impose some rules on myself a few years back. I now never carve more than 3 ornaments without stopping to paint. Doesn't matter if I plan to carve a dozen Santa ornaments, I still stop and paint them after I've carved 3. I found...

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Arthur, I think you have summed it up nicely. Just a handful of us old codgers left . Back before the " Great Hack " it kept one busy just reading the new posts every day (sometimes a couple of times a day) now, 2 or 3 new posts and that's it.
it looks as though most of the traffic has...

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Randy's wife is right! There's no better therapy than carving . It doesn't matter if it's crappy weather or world health issues, I can retreat to my carving room in the basement and get away from it all. I turn on my tablet to an Irish music station ( no commercials, no news or weather, just 100%...

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Autumn is fast approaching here on the east coast of Canada. The temperature was 8°c ( 46°f) when I got up this morning, but not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind so it's going to be a beautiful day. The foliage is just starting to turn colour and should be pretty spectacular in another week...

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Larry's been a busy lad...

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'nuther good one Mike!...you've got that plaid done to perfection.....
Wayne...

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Well Ricardo, .... I take my hat off to you...... It looks to be coming along great! .. I don't think I would have been able to do the glue up, let alone the carving.
Wayne...

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Not only is it a great idea/carving Eddy, but you have eliminated one problem that a lot of us carvers have (me included) and that is carving a female face. .....
Wayne...

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No such thing as a mistake,..... just a change of plans. I'm sure those legs look every bit as good poking out of that chimney as they would have on the original carving.
Wayne...

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Great idea Eddy!... I've got a couple of Milwaukee palm sanders that have been gathering dust for a while. I think I'll have to dig them out and see if I can gear them up in a similar fashion. I tried something similar using a reciprocating saw a few years back, but it didn't work out so good, so I...