[Woodcarver] Totem Pole Carving

[Sylda]

Three cheers for Doug!!!!  With my talents I won't have to worry about such
a request, but will take your advise should someone unaware of my talents
(or lack thereof) should happen by.  Having been a 4-H leader for several
years I can attest to his feeling.  It is a great feeling.

Sylda


On 2/3/05 6:07 AM, "Doug & Carol Rowe" <drowe at auracom.com> wrote:

> DONATIONS to the Woodcarver Mailing List can be made using PayPal OR regular
> mail. Click this link: http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html
> I'm having a great experience and want to share my fun with you so that if
> you get the chance, you won't hesitate like I did.
> 
> About a year and a half ago, a camping club that helps maintain a Scout Camp
> near here asked me to come to their assistance.  One of their members had
> started a totem pole for the Scout Camp then suddenly died.  Could I help by
> either finding a totem pole carver who would work for nothing or would I
> finish the pole for them?  I dithered and waffled all summer until the bad
> weather came then settled back hoping the job would be offered to someone
> else.  A phone call in the winter finally got me to agree to at least look
> at the pole and decide what needed to be done.  In the spring I drove the
> 150 Km to the Scout camp and found an old electric utilities pole on a
> makeshift stand, wrapped in plastic.  After opening the plastic and being
> begged I tried one more time to get them to find another carver because my
> tools kit is designed to carve charactures and small relief carvings. No
> problem they said and opened a Tool Box with a tool roll containing  23 full
> size Ashley-Ines carving tools, all fairly sharp, a power hone, two mallets
> and some other carving stuff.  What could I say I was hooked.
> 
> We went to the scout camp two more weekends and carved for about 5
> hours each day for a total of 6 days and the only trouble I had was saying
> no thank you to some of the beers the camping club members kept bringing.
> 
> This winter, I am building the wings and beak for the Thunderbird on top and
> I will have one more weekend of carving this spring.  It will then be up to
> the camping club to paint, plant and present the totem pole to the scout
> camp.
> 
> This has been and continues to be a rewarding experience so my advice to all
> of you is if you can find any time to do a bit of carving for your
> community, do it.  You will get back five times what you give.
> 
> Doug
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Woodcarver mailing list
> Woodcarver at six.pairlist.net
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/woodcarver
>