[Woodcarver] Nisse(Tomte) chat

[sally nye]

Hiya Mike,
You'll not get a flame from me so quite ducking and listen up here.  
This is a bit off subject and you're welcome to change the thread line. 
  We're talking about legendary figures.  My question to a true New 
Yorker is...Was there a real live Adirondack Hermit?  Was his name 
Engles or something like that?  If so, is there a story about him?  Is 
there a pattern to carve him?  I know, I know that's more than one 
question.
A curious mind wants to know.
Sally
http://www.geocities.com/fancarving/home.html

On Jun 5, 2004, at 7:12 PM, Mike Bloomquist wrote:

One of the first inspirations for me to carve something outside of 
fishing
lures was Harley Refsal through his articles in BH&G Wood magazine 
(during
the better years) and his book "Woodcarving in Scandinavian Style".  
Yes, I
know he's of Norwegian decent, and decorated by the King of Norway, but 
he
still refers to these characters as nisse AND tomte.  One of the 
features I
liked best about his book was the background/history.

As a typically mongrel American with a large dose of Swede i enjoy 
exporing
my Svenska roots, but I would never claim that the Swedish discovered 
the
tomte/nisse first... only that we carve them better <BMG>. (Big 
Mischievous
Grin)

Now excuse me while I duck the flames...

Keep on Carvin'
-Mike B.->