[Woodcarver] My First Cowboy Carving....

[Corey Hallagan]

*This one carving was a lot of firsts for me. First cowboy, first large
figure (9 1/2 inches tall) first one with both hands out of the pockets and
first carving with attaching a separate hand ( pistol hand),first time
attaching something to a carved hand (whiskey bottle) and first carving that
I have spent 2 weeks working on .

He is 9 1/2 inches tall buy approx 2 3/4 wide and carved from basswood. This
piece of wood carved fantastic and weighs practically nothing. I cut the
pattern out on the band saw from one of Harold Enlow's books and then
modified it and fitted a separate hand with a pistol in it which I lost a
lot of sleep over wondering if I would screw it up. I was happy with that
result. Also added a whiskey bottle carved in 2 pieces from birch dowell
stock.

I wanted to make him look mean and have a sneer on his face. I am calling it
"Looking For Trouble" Not sure if I pulled that off or not we will see what
it looks like painted but overall I am really happy with this carving and
will paint him up soon. I think I will be adding whiskers to his face. I
will mount this one on a base when done I think. I am also hooked on cowboys
now!

You can view it here:  http://iowacarver.tripod.com/id5.html

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** *Thanks for looking as always!*


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Corey
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