Thanks, although with a big head, thick neck and small body. Just went with the flow of the wood.Never used to see herons, but over the last years have begun to see loads and loads of them on the Thames even as it runs through dense urban stretches of London. Healthier waters? Impressive looking birds and amazing that they can stand motionless for so long.
Thanks all!Gave his tail a little swoopy detail, don't want to go too thin on stuff as it's balsa
Nice job!
Lovely work!
Those are neat, TazzieRob. I'm also a sucker for birch. Carves easily and are great for most whittling projects if you stay away from the very pit of it for larger things. Not necessary when working on smaller branches obviously.
Thanks a lot, Dane!Currently working on a rooster that is about 16mm or 5/8" with a very dry branch. It's not impossible but is more work than the smaller ones.What I'm most pleased by, is even with blade chatter, I haven't (touch wood!) rolled or chipped the modified small blade edge
Spinosaurus likes your chain! Me too That's one I need to try myself
What sort of wood is that, Dane? Does it shrink a bit as it dries?
I'm not completely sure, but I think it's Hazel. I have a lot of it around and it's quite good for many small projects. And you can collect it all the time, because the scrubs just keeps making new branches. It carves so easily, but is quite moist. Not too much though. It dries up alright.Impressive flok of roosters. That is awesome productivity. Do you get that feeling, when you kind of "get" the muscle memory and technique down, and you can basically whittle a said project five times faster than the first few attempts? I get that for sure. That's one of the things I really like about whittling. That very hands-on learning experience.
The inline awl works really well for hollowing out a finger ring. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
Definitely like looking back on how it started to how I've progressed! Hoping these might be good enough that I could have a market stall and sell some of them. Also trying to work on my wrens, I want to develop a technique that I could perhaps make a tutorial from, as I haven't seen anything like that in my internet searching
It is a fantastic awl, that's for sure! Have you seen the Felix Immler video where he talks about how to drill different sized holes with the different SAK tools? The rings would be the perfect application of those techniques on green wood
That would be great. Haven't seen any guides on whittling the beautiful little wren either? If you don't know it, I can highly recommend an old book called "Whittling and woodcarving" by E. J. Tangermann. It's a treasure of knowledge. I found it as an interlibrary loan, and I keep on renewing it. Luckily, noone else seems to make reservations for this old gem. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
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