Latest whittles

[TM]

I finally finished these chain links! The first 2 tries didn't pan out; broke the link on one attempt and started another, but the piece of wood was too small for me to carve the inside of the links apart.

Here's an elephant I started working on - not done yet. I think I'm going to start carving more animals.

The links are basswood and the elephant is balsa. Balsa is fun to work with; you can get faster results with it, but you have to be careful about shaving too much off too quickly! It's also not as sturdy as basswood.

Feel free to add anything ya'll have been working on to this post

[carvin don]

That Elephant came out great, especially for balsa wood, that stuff can be tricky to work with.

And I keep telling myself I need to carve more animals too! Plus, I want to try some relief carving...If only I didn't have to work

Happy carvin'

[keithlong]

Good looking liks there and the elephant looks good also. I am currently working on another ball in a cage with chain links adeed. Will show pics as soon as I am finished. Oh, where did you get that pattern for the elephant?

[gringo]

does this count as whittlin'?
i used up all my rolling papers(thanks hukk)....
pulled out a grannie clampet pipe i made this winter...hey...i used a knife...i did drill the stem.

that old apple tree came in handy.

[TM]

yeah gringo, that counts - nice pipe!

are the stem and bowl made out of the same wood?

[gringo]

stem and bowl are made from the same branch...from an old apple tree.

[redferd]

Nice elephant and links. Nice pipe. How does it smoke? Cool?