had to carve sheepdogs pattern of Trygg's

[Tom Ellis]

After seeing urbansheepdog's patterns, and receiving Brandant's caterpillar knife, I had to give a go at one of these Trygg style carvings.
I am not a flat plane carver, as it seems like I have to keep rounding things just a little too much. Comes from teaching and telling students to "round it, round it"
Was a fun carve and Brandant's knife really feels nice.

Hope you like him, basswood, and only painted the eyes, and bowtie. finished with deft, and a dip in golden oak stain. and a final spray coat of Deft satin. About six inches till, and I left the base on when I cut out the pattern.

Thanks for taking a look, Tom

[Bartster]

another nice peice tom

bart

[wDonkey]

ah, so you're the lucky one that got this knife ! nice carving and congratulation on the knife purchase !

[Tom Ellis]

Thanks Bart, and Donkey, I just couldn't resist, He will probably do more.

Tom

[Merle Rice]

Good job Tom. Merle

[carvingbarn]

He is great Tom. Nice work.

[Curly Early]

That is a really nice carving, you did a great job on it. I really like it and tho once I started painting, I'd ended up painting it all, but I like the way you did it better.

[toycarver]

Nice one, Tom. Great face as usual, and more work the way you cut the base as part of the carving. Now...hmmm, where can I see that knife?

[Tom Ellis]

Thanks all for the wonderful comments.

Earl, this one was easy to stop since he was so proud of his new tie.

Kris, look under Brandant's caterpillar knife thread. It is a sweet little knife.

Tom

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Another nice one Tom!

Dave