[Woodcarver] My First Cowboy Carving....

[Corey Hallagan]

Thanks Marcia and Denny for your kind words. I apreciate it.

Corey

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Denny Bell <denny_bell at hotmail.com> wrote:


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> Beautiful job on the Cowboy!  He could look meaner, but I think having him

> look acceptably mean is the better choice.  I have found that many times it

> makes the carving job easier by adding some of the parts... they aren't in

> the way when you are carving the rest.

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> Denny Bell

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> > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:13:28 -0500

> > From: iowawoodcarver at gmail.com

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> > Subject: [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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