[Woodcarver] Honing carving tools

[Sylda]

Wow!!! Gotta admire & respect someone with the talent & patience to
accomplish such work.  Will be interesting to view your pictures!!!
Sylda


On 5/19/05 10:32 PM, "TWWOODWORK at aol.com" <TWWOODWORK at aol.com> wrote:

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> Just came back from Michigan and had an opportunity to visit with Patty Beach
> who lives in the Lansing area.
>     She is an experienced carver with many blue ribbons.   She carves mostly
> miniatures. Really enjoyed seeing her toothpicks. One was carved with 15 tiny
> balls in it. She had to put them in three separate compartments. If put into
> one, she said they would fall out. Also, she had a toothpick carved like the
> double helix in DNA.
>     She had carved two rather small wooden eggs with a rabbit in one and a
> squirrel in the other one. She had hollowed out the eggs and had carved four
> vines in what had been the original shape of the eggs. Also, she had carved a
> rabbit less than 2" long. The eyes and eye lids were absolutely perfect.
>       I hope to have some pictures of these in the near future and will be
> glad to send them along to anyone who requests them. Will advise when I have
> the pictures.
>      I asked her how she honed her small knives to do such miniature carving.
> She uses rotten stone on a leather strop. Just thought you might like to know.
>     I expect to try this very soon. Oh yes, I asked her how long it took her
> to carve a toothpick.She says it takes about 45 minutes to one hour to carve
> 1/4".
>     That's all folks.
>     Tom
>     Thomas W. Horton
>     Glen Mills, PA
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