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Carve along for a walking stick
PEARL DRUMS:
You make it look so easy.
Knoll:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on August 17, 2014, 08:35:39 am ---You make it look so easy.
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:thumbsup:
madcrow:
Thanks guys. Now I start whittling down the bottom edge of the beard to get rid of the block head look. It is closer to being done than you think. Once it is whittled down, I used a small gouge to take out some deep, smooth flowing spots in the beard. It don't take many. Once that is done, I hone the v tool and start cutting in the hair. On larger pieces I can get really creative on this part, but on this short beard, i just put a little wave in it.
Now for the matted wool hat. Any type of hat from the era will work, but I like this type. for this, I left my normal carving tool alone and broke out the dremel and a round cutting burr. I have a couple of veiners that would work, but they are tiny and dull easily, and I didn't want to spend a bunch of time honing them. I did use one of the small veiners to cut in the pupils to give the eyes a bit of life.
madcrow:
DEEEEE DAAAAAA. A little clean up and some shiny stuff and it is done. I give the face and hat a very light sanding, just to soften the edges. Usually with 180 grit, you want it smooth, but you don't want to sand away all of your work. With the tru oil, I use a cheap small paint brush to get in all the tight spots wrinkles, and around the eyes. The rest of the stick is rubbed on by hand, many light layers so it doesn't run.
Aaron H:
very cool
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