carving egg heads???

[captgrant88]

ok so i finally got a copy of this book, carving egg heads. looks like it has some great beginner projects in it. BUT the books fails to define one area. anyone have any idea what size "eggs" the author uses in the book? i wanted to get some from rick..but have no idea what size they may be. any help and advice is greatly appreciated. thanks.

[Kenny_S]

Capt, there are a few Carving egg head book on the market. It would help if we knew which one. Most use hen eggs but the the same priciple is used for goose eggs also or even the smaller eggs.
Personally, I like my eggsscrambled with some bell pepper, onions, Ham and Tobasco sauce.

[captgrant88]

oops sorry..the name of the book is carving egg heads by Mary Finn. thanks alot.

[Old_Gord]

captgrant88, I think you will find that Mary Finn is using hen eggs which are about 2 1/2" tall , check with online woodcarving suppliers, I think most refer to their hen eggs as being 2 1/2" tall.
You might just look at Mary Finn's hands and gauge the height of the egg when she is holding it between her thumb and forefinger.
Neat book EH!
I always thought it should have a different title since it alocates so many pages to carving facial features on a practice stick...still a great informative book.


Cheers.

OG

[captgrant88]

i agree mr. gord...the title really doesnt fit the book well, but non the less its still a great book. thanks for all your help.

[Mark Gargac]

I love carving those eggs! In fact I through one in my suit case the other night for the trip to Creede to carve on my off time. I have carved the bantam(to small), hen, goose, ostrich, hope I spelled those right?, they even got one called the dinosaur egg, I have'nt seen that one yet but thier for sale at supply houses. Anyways I have found the goose egg to be my favorite to carve, the hen egg...just a little small but if you work with it enough you can make em work. I know the goose eggs are 3.5 -inchs and I get mine by the 50 count at .95 each at#1-800-323-0817.(Toledo OH.)

Check out my web site for some carved goose eggs, go to galleries then to ornaments and bottlestoppers.

[Mark N. Akers]

Captgrant:
If you haven't seen Mark Gargac's site you need to look at his eggs,They are really unique.I have carved a few ornaments out of eggs,they work real good.

[Bartster]

capt,

i like carving eggs also i make alot of ornaments out of them but also carve faces in them also they are good for practicing faces. pete leclair has done an article on egg carving a long while back in wood carving illustrated you may be able to do a search and find the issue it was in.

bart

[MelNM]

I just finished one today, the size I like the most is the goose egg.

here's the link to mine, if your interested

http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.co...00/ppuser/2434

Mel

[Bartster]

mel,
nice work on the ornament,

bart