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Recent non-bow work
half eye:
Thank you all so much for the nice compliments. The small tools for stock carving keep debris down enough I can do it indoors without making my wife mad about a mess. (no heat in the shed) anyway since most of these were for friends I did a lot of pics like a "how to" to keep them in the loop while the carving was going on.
I said that so if anyone is interested I can send them sets of pics via email. Dont want to take up PA space with non bow stuff. This stuff is real easy to do once ya see it done. These examples are all on very old well used stocks so some design changes needed to be done. Adding a couple more to show some animals that a friend wanted on the butt stock
half eye:
critters didn't showw too well so here are a few more
Trapper Rob:
Rick about how long does it take you to carve a stock? That's some amazing work. Really like the way you made it look like the base of a antler.
selfbow joe:
Beautiful work
half eye:
Trapper....that is a real antler base. The real old Stevens stock does not have enough material for a complete pistol grip, so I added that for a little extra bling. I did carve the wood to fit the base for a "blended" seam. Also the cap is attached with 2 wood screws and glue. I then back-filled the screw holes and carved everything to blend in and to hide the screws. Did not want it coming off.
It takes about a week on a lot of them maybe 2 weeks if there was a lot of "intricate" coverage. It does not take very long in my opinion.
rich
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