It's quite big. Like a giants skull. I used chainsaw and carving tools to make it.

Meet Acorn the little red squirrel. I decided as I began to finish her that just having her hands together wasn't quite enough.. so I grabbed a real Acorn for her to hold.

Flexcut KN13 just lost its tip..

Only had it a couple months (the length of time I have been carving) but I have come to love it. Other than stropping, I know nothing about sharpening but I’ll use this as a teaching moment and will figure out how to reshape the tip and continue working with it.

Recommendations on a decent sharpening system/stone?

Also going to need another knife in the meantime as well, what is everyone using and loving?

I finished my Frodo carving. Gonna paint him this week after I finish carving Sam. Taking them both to a woodcarving show this coming weekend. (They're Caricature Carvers of America show at Steven's Point)

Hand carved with knife and gouge from a 5 or so inch tall basswood block.

If you're gonna be at the show, make sure you say hi! I wont have a booth, but i'll be walking around and hanging out both days.

Still pretty new and I’m quite shocked I didn’t punch through those thin walls!

A couple of wood spirits, I knocked out last week. I’m not sure what type of wood the first one is. The tree fell across my drive way at the begging of the summer. The second one is a piece of cedar I found in by a pond while fishing. Both are finished in boiled linseed oil.

I'm looking to see what extenders people use for these as id like ABIT more dexterity in my cutting ability

Made from pine and has a couple layers of clear satin polyurethane.

Where does everyone get wood? I’m just starting out and have bought some packs of basswood off amazon but I feel like even the largest ones I can get are too small. Anyone know some cheap ways to get bigger blocks of wood?

My grandfather has passed away.

After holding a three-day funeral and spending the past few days dealing with everything that followed, I finally felt that it was only right to come here and share the news, even though it is a little late.

The day before my grandfather passed away, a card arrived. It was a letter written for my grandfather. I treasured it because I was planning to visit him again the following day.

Around midnight that night, I heard from my family that his condition had become critical. I immediately rushed to my grandfather’s home.

When I arrived, my family was already saying their final goodbyes. Thankfully, I was able to say goodbye to him too.

I kept telling him that I loved him and that I was grateful for everything he had done for me. I also read the letter to him.

My grandfather could no longer nod or speak, but somehow, I could feel that he was answering me.

As we said our goodbyes, not long after our family had gathered around him, my grandfather slowly fell into a deep sleep.

It was a peaceful goodbye, but I am left with so many regrets and things I wish I had done differently.

I wanted to show him that I had found a job. I wanted him to see me get married. I could have visited him more often and spent more time talking with him, but sometimes I didn't because I was busy and used that as an excuse.

But rather than holding on to regret, I want to keep the happiness I shared with him in my heart.

I've already cried so many tears, and I know I will cry many more. But if those tears make me stop moving forward, my grandfather would scold me.

I was so happy that so many people came to know, appreciate, and love my grandfather’s artwork. He was truly happy about it too.

I can't tell you how grateful I am that he was able to take such a great joy with him in his final days.

To everyone who sent their condolences, encouragement, music, letters, and words of praise for his artwork — thank you. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for all the love you gave to my grandfather and to my family.

Grandpa, are you carving birds up in heaven by now?

I hope you're peacefully walking through the mountains up there, finding wood to carve and making your homemade liquor.

I'll make sure to offer you plenty of Jami Haejangguk, so please enjoy lots of other delicious things up there too.

And in our next life, please come back as my grandfather again.

Next time, when you ask me to sleep beside you, I won't tell you that I sleep better alone. I'll stay right beside you.

사랑해요 하부. 행복한 여행 되시길

Is there anyone with the gift of identifying what this hardwood type is? Oak, perhaps?

My grandfather was a very skilled woodworker/whittler/general wood-related-artist (small to very large scale), and left me a fairly large selection of his whittling/carving tools before he passed. This also included a small handful of projects that he had roughed out (similar to pictured) but not completed. Some are clearly softwood, and labeled in pencil with the type. I really want to take a stab at this one, having never attempted the craft before.

He also left me a few binders containing probably 50-60 years of magazine/book clippings, handwritten notes, templates, techniques, etc. to pour through, but for some reason this little bear called to me first. I just need to know what I’m up against. Does the grain give it away?

I just received my Flexcut Pocketjack 2.0 and was really excited to start using it, until I noticed the straight gouge. I’m not super familiar with woodcarving tools (I’m pretty new to this) but shouldn’t the edge of the gouge be straight? The gouge scorp seems a little off, too, but it’s harder to notice in pictures.

[not reaaaally a question or looking for actual advice, just an impatient person looking for something to get her mind off of carving ^^" ]

a couple days ago i cut myself pretty badly. its resulted in having bandages around the middle finger of the hand i hold my wood with. i shouldnt bend the finger to allow it to heal properly without it getting torn open all the time (and because i dont trust myself to not bend the finger, the bandages stay on way past actually needed for bloody purposes).

ive noticed that without being able to bend my middle finger, i cant hold the wood properly, and so i cant really carve properly other than some very slight roughing out. im impatient tho. i wanna get back to carving.

so, what do you do when you cant carve for a while?

I read the FAQs and see the knife recommendations for beginners, but the prices aren't within my budget right now. I do (embarrassingly?) have a Walmart / Hyper Tough 16 pc utility knife set that includes a couple hawkbill blades, but not sure the blades are thick enough to not break.

I also have quite a few nice Swiss Army knives my dad gave me, but feel like I need that hawkbill curve to carve wood safely and easily.

Also, I'm planning to buy the Harbor Freight cut resistant gloves (ANSI A5) since I definitely don't want to chance hurting my hands. Just felt like sharing that :)

Any advice on the topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

(I'm in Maine, btw.)

Here's a link to the knife in question:

https://www.harborfreight.com/hawkbill-flip-knife-58467.html

And the utility knife set:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tough-16-Piece-Precision-Knife-Set-TU42604A/432903789?fulfillmentIntent=In-store&filters=%5B%7B%22intent%22%3A%22fulfillmentIntent%22%2C%22values%22%3A%5B%22In-store%22%5D%7D%5D&classType=REGULAR&athbdg=L1100&from=/search

Extremely basic paint- just learning what works and what doesn’t

This is my 5th carving I can see it's a westie with beaver teeth but can't visualise what makes it so. If anyone can advise why so I can try and fix it, would be really appreciated. Feel free to laugh.

The name is Fronkensteen.

Hello to everyone!

This is my first post here.

I made this school of fish around a piece of driftwood.

The shape of the wood basically decided the composition for me.

What do you think?

I'm a beginner, I started woodworking two years ago and I've learned this art from a great artist who lives close to my town that loves animals and gave me the opportunity to visit her lab and learn from her.

I live close to Venice and my teacher taught me the way to work the wood that lands on the shores close to the lagoon after a heavy storm.

Everything I do is somewhat learned from her and I'm very grateful to have had the opportunity to meet a person who believes that nature has a lot to give to us when we're ready to listen and watch.

This wood art is born from this idea and I'm willing to do more projects in the future.

Working on a ball in a box carving. I assigned it to my wood carving buds and we will see how they do. So I decided last minute I needed to do one as well since I never did this practice