[Woodcarver] Re, My First Cowboy Carving....

[Joe Dillett]

Hi Corey,

That cowboy is sure looking good. Great job.

Joe Dillett
The Carving Shop
645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
Somonauk, IL. 60552

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corey Hallagan" <iowawoodcarver at gmail.com>
To: "Woodcarvers" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:13 AM
Subject: Spam:***, [Woodcarver] My First Cowboy Carving....



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> *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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