On the Bench in 2023

[creedsduckman]

Hope you didn't take my comment wrong. Was just funnin you on making it for your rig and then selling it.

I've not made one with the s curve neck yet. But I do understand the need for the pieces due to the wood grain. Just wondered how you handled the joints. Thanks for the info.

Not at all. I actually made it with the intention of giving it to someone who went out of her way to look out for me when I had covid 2 years ago and couldn't go to the store and get myself food. Never intended to hunt it.

 

[Woodduck31]

mostly my bench has my son's cedar outdoor decor on it these days, but I've been stealing a little time to carve wood the last few weeks along with several foam decoys. I'm not real good with this tiny stuff anymore, I find myself wearing my optivisor over my glasses most of the time. I let Caleb use them for a little decor enhancement during his trade show this weekend. I've got a new foredom, new wood burner and new airbrush, I feel like I'm living large. I even have a big stick of basswood that is begging to be made into something.

 

[NWRINGNECK]

No better feeling than "living large". Time to enjoy.

BTW, pretty nice "little" birds there. Thought maybe I liked the hummer the best but then the Bluebird brings back fond memories of them nesting in the yard as a kid.

 

[Woodduck31]

I need to do a waxwing, we always have a quick migration through here. I have a scissor tailed flycatcher in the works, being from Kansas they were a special treat to watch.

 

[NWRINGNECK]

Had a son in Topeka Kansas for some years and didn't see any there but visited a friend in SE Oklahoma a couple of times fishing strippers in Lake Texoma and they were prevalent in his area. Cool bird for sure. Hope you post it up when finished.

 

[creedsduckman]

 

[Dabbler_E]

Those swans are looking great, Creedsduckman!

 

[creedsduckman]

Those swans are looking great, Creedsduckman!

Thanks. Built the bodies yesterday, probably wire and run the stringers today. Then it will be time to stretch canvas......

 

[Woodduck31]

My first carving was in August 1969, 53 years ago. My dad evidently got a picture of my mom with me whittling on what was a king salmon carving. My mom kept the little carving till she died in 2000 and it remained in her curio cabinet till my dad passed in 2017. After his death I was gathering up carvings that I wanted to keep for my boys, but the salmon was gone as were several items that I had given to mom and dad over the years. in 1982 I carved this goose with my only tools at the time, a coping saw, exacto, and sandpaper. It was likely one of the first 10 carvings I had ever made.

Do I just leave it as is and hope the kids or grandkids don't throw it away when I'm gone or should I carve it into something more presentable? I'm not very sentimental about my old stuff and I'm inclined to make it into something else. It's a 6 inch wide piece of basswood.

This is on my bench, should I leave it or carve it.

 

[2Yellowdogs]

My first carving was in August 1969, 53 years ago. My dad evidently got a picture of my mom with me whittling on what was a king salmon carving. My mom kept the little carving till she died in 2000 and it remained in her curio cabinet till my dad passed in 2017. After his death I was gathering up carvings that I wanted to keep for my boys, but the salmon was gone as were several items that I had given to mom and dad over the years. in 1982 I carved this goose with my only tools at the time, a coping saw, exacto, and sandpaper. It was likely one of the first 10 carvings I had ever made.

Do I just leave it as is and hope the kids or grandkids don't throw it away when I'm gone or should I carve it into something more presentable? I'm not very sentimental about my old stuff and I'm inclined to make it into something else. It's a 6 inch wide piece of basswood.

This is on my bench, should I leave it or carve it.


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If you touch it I'll never speak to you again! Haha!! Thinking from a child's prospective and having lost my Mother a few years ago things like that are beyond value in my opinion.