Navy Santa

[cgm]

This is what came out of my head, when my daughter asked me to carve a Santa for a Santa collector who has ties with the US Navy.
The Santa is aprox. 7" high. The Santa is from a modified Wayne Shinlever pattern. I Googled Navy officer hat for reference, and the same thing for the anchor.
The hat and hands were all done separately. The hands were glued in place. The hat is held in place by screw that comes from the back.
Santa glued to base along with the anchor.
Painted with acrylics, then Krylon Crystal Clear flat.
Questions or comments welcome
Carl

[Tom Ellis]

Nice work Carl. Should make a navy man happy. Nice clean cuts, and a very nice paint job.

Tom

[Timberwolf]

Holy cow Carl!

That is fantastic!

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Awesome job Carl!

Dave

[cgm]

Thank You, Tom and Bob for the kind remarks.
This was a real learning Experience for me. I did the hands separate because I knew it would be hard to get the right pose holding the hat I think I carved about 5 hands to get two that I could use. I made a clay model of hat before I did it in wood.
I don't normally sand my carvings, but I made a exception on the hat.
Carl

[cgm]

Hey Dave, Thank You also, I'm glad you liked.
Carl

[Merle Rice]

Hi Carl, Take from an Old Sailor that is a fine piece, you did good. Merle

[brent]

Nice going, daughter should be happy with it!

[toycarver]

He's really great, I love the hat. Nice job!

[kdispoto]

Excellent work. Your planning on this project really paid off.
The recipient should be thrilled with this.