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Old 09-29-2011, 10:52 PM
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Here are a couple of curb chains i carved in cherry. Its my favourite woods to use for this type of carving. Each one took about 35 hours to do.






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Oh my......
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Old 09-30-2011, 09:45 AM
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Very impressive work.
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Old 09-30-2011, 10:39 AM
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Those are sweet! Why are they called curb chains?
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Really impressive...I could spend 35 days and I still wouldn't be finished!
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Once agian Richard, excellent work. How do you find cherry to carve at such a small scale? I imagine you have to use a very sharp tool and strop often?

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Some mighty Fine carving there,I'd be afraid to touch them that they would break.
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Those are sweet! Why are they called curb chains?
Cheers Terry its what this style of chain is called in the jewellery trade but i dont know why sorry.
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Once agian Richard, excellent work. How do you find cherry to carve at such a small scale? I imagine you have to use a very sharp tool and strop often?

Ron
Thanks Ron cherry is good for carving this small because its very strong and can get a nice finish on it with little effort. As for using a sharp knife that is a must and all my knives are hair whittling sharp. Heres a close up so you can see how smooth the wood is.

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Amising work !

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