1.legged miniature

[tnartist05]

In our little town theres a man with only one leg that walks with a old wooden crutch to get around.

His name is Mr.Joe and with only one foot he moves kinda slow. I asked him this morning,"Hey Mr Joe how are you feelng Sir, "Ohhhhhh about the same,You got any change"?

I said so you are feeling bad,Yes!! Its this gosh dang cough,I need some med-i-sin then I will be ok again. I knew what what type of med-i-sin he wanted indeed a bottle of cheap wine would fill his needs.

I ask him,Mr Joe I have forgotten how you lost your other leg? Well sunny when the bank in town was being robbed,I stood up to do my job. But when the bank robbers was making thier get a way, I was shot in my leg and I lost my foot that very day.

I told him,Ohhhhh Thats right now I remember well,but I also knew a train ran over his leg when he was drunk laying on the rail.

From my pants pocket I pulled a dime,I told him,this is all I have at the time.

OK Sunny,that will do just fine.Course I knew later with other peoples money he would buy a bottle of cheap wine. Sure enough with the money he had and a big smile,he'd buy some wine and be asleep in a little while.

Not hearing or seeing Mr. Joe for the rest of the day,heck he might have got too drunk and past away? But as I walked back behind the old store,he was smiling as he snored!!

I wanted to carve something that didnt take alot of time today so I carved another miniature. Hes bigger than most of my minnies but it was fun and fairly quick.

Hes carved from a small chunk of knotty pine Id saved from the walls Id finished. I use only hard wood for carving miniatures because a hard wood allows me to carve & cut and it will hold even smaller detail than a soft wood as bass wood. Bass wood breaks off too easy.

Hes 1/4 X 1 1/4 inches,painted with acrylic.

I hope you enjoy him and course your thoughts or comments are more than welcome. Forrest

[Merle Rice]

Hey Forrest,I can't get him on my PC. Did I do something wrong? Sure would like to see that little Guy. Merle

[Merle Rice]

OK tAKE YOUR TIME. Merle He, He

[tnartist05]

Sorry Merle,I always have my picts ready but didnt even have them cropped when I posted this,they are there now! Thanks for ckn this one legged begger out.

Originally Posted by Merle Rice

OK tAKE YOUR TIME. Merle He, He

[Kenny_S]

Wild Turkey or Bo Jangles? Have an old wino here in Caney who ask for change. However, Old Jim drives a bandy new Chevy pickup. Old W.C Fields said it best.

Now Forrest, Thatthere Mini is really nice and from some of thatthere naughty pine eh?

[Eddy-Smiles]

Forrest... Great story! You must also have some great glasses because I'll be danged if I could carve something that small without amputating half my fingers!

[JimSawyer]

All I think of is, "WOW!". I'm kinda new to this and I couldn't imagine carving that small. Loved your story too!

[tucker1931]

Forrest. GIMMEE A BREAK. Dang, these things get any amller I'll have to buy a big plasma TV so I can see them, hows the fingers goin, still got them all? From what I can see he looks pretty dang good, I suppose next you'll be carvin football games on tooth picks. (smile)
Cliff

[feb]

Forest, great story and super carving. Hey, you should have gave him that quarter, again real nice.

Feb

[Bartster]

forrest,


good work and man it is so small, my fingers would look like hamburger, good work.


bart