[Blinky Bill]

G'day All,
and congratulations to Tom H for his tutorial on making his little wizard giveaways in the current WCI, very well described and easy to follow. Of course I had to try one or more........WARNING! they are every bit as addictive as Genes little guys LOL... Well my efforts turned into a comedy of errors starting when I rushed out and diagonally cut a stick of what I thought was Jelutong ready to carve me a bucket full of wizards..............only to find once I'd started to carve, that I had cut a 1"x1" stick of Ramin...looks like Jelutong...light like Jelutong...feels like Jelutong, but as hard as the hobs of Hades..LOL.
Nevertheless, I pressed on valiantly and produced the results shown below......made mine into fridge magnets by cutting up one of those flexible magnets that some businesses give out as advertising....Have to admit that I fell an hour or two behind Toms 5 minutes, but Hey, I'm gonna keep practicing 'til I get it right...too much fun to pass up.
John

[Tom H]

Hey John! Thanks for the nice words, and giving the wizards a try. I am sure that you'll get the time down to 5 minutes if you need to. They really do make great projects for the beginner, and just look at how nice they look when someone other than a beginner does them. Those that you did are great liile carvings, and yep they do make fun givaways too. A few week ago I made 100 of them and glued them to popcicle sticks (craft sticks) for switch blade "knives". They were well received by the kids...some of which were over 50 years old.

Tom H

[tucker1931]

Way to go John, I have about a dozen of these laying around waiting for paint, gotta get at 'em and do some more, before we know it Christmas will be here in no time. I keep watchin the mail box there old buddy.
Cliff

[gene messer]

John .. looks like you made Tom proud .. good job on the pair ..

Gene

[Iowa Carver]

These are so cool and you did a great job. I have to try Tom's article out!

Corey

[bullshipper]

Nice work John, they are addicting, keep up the good work!!!!

Lonnie

[Merle Rice]

Hi John, Neat little Guys,looks like come Xmas their is going to be a lot of those Santas around. Might turn into a Fad. Nice job. Merle

[Blinky Bill]

Hey thanks folks,
for taking the time to look and to comment. Tom...I really enjoyed trying these fellers and have done a couple more since posting...I will be introducing them to our newly formed carving club this coming Tuesday....Thanks Lonnie, Cliff, Merle, and Gene, it means a lot just to have you people look at my efforts, and Corey, thanks aso and please do try the wizards, Toms article is very clear and simple
John