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Old 09-04-2009, 12:00 PM
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Default Just had to try the owl...
So it's been about a year since I sat down with my knife cut on some wood.. silly me. But when I picked up the '09 fall issue and saw the 5 minute owl I couldn't resist.

However I couldn't quite make myself follow the directions.

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Old 09-04-2009, 04:07 PM
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"stay between the lines. The lines are your friends."

To heck with the directions! Your owl looks great.
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Old 09-04-2009, 08:55 PM
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You did a great job on the owl. I look at instructions as suggestions. Yours is a very original interpretation.

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I'll bet you can't color inside of the lines either. LOL

Great interpretation and interesting totem pole.
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Old 09-04-2009, 10:24 PM
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If everyone stayed within the lines, everything we carved would look alike. That would be boring. Keep doing what your doing, and don't wait so long to do it.
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That's some good carving! Nice job!

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Old 09-04-2009, 10:36 PM
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Very nice job on the owl and I see you are starting Toms Gnome .. BTW .. very nice blog

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Looks like you are doing pretty good for being away for awhile. Keep it up.

Safe Carving and God Bless,

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Old 09-04-2009, 11:31 PM
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Default Re: Just had to try the owl...
Thanks everybody, it feels good to be back at the whittling.

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"stay between the lines. The lines are your friends."
maybe, that's the problem. there were no lines... hmm.

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BTW .. very nice blog
haha thanks, If you ignore the 12 month lapse in posts I guess the blog is alright. Hopefully they'll be more frequent from now on.

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