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Old 02-22-2009, 10:30 AM
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Ifinished this one a few weeks ago he is one of the smallest that I have carved He is about an inch wide and eight inches tall. As I always do I finished him with brown shoe polish as it seems to work great on the pine knots..Thanks for looking...Bruce
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Old 02-22-2009, 10:56 AM
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I like your work, and the shoe polish works very well for this.

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Old 02-22-2009, 10:59 AM
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That's a great looking spirit! Nice natural looking expression and the hair and beard work looks great!

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Old 02-22-2009, 12:27 PM
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Those pine knots can be hard to carve sometimes. Nice job and thanks for the shoe polish idea for them.
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Old 02-22-2009, 12:45 PM
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Ah, another shoe polish afficianado! The stuff works great, doesn't it? Very nice woodspirit.

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Great work Bruce I love the way you get the hair.
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Nice work! I like the flow of the cheeks and the expression in the eyes.
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Bruce, nice looking woodspirit--you didn't say what size? Do you use power tools to carve the pine knots?
I just cleaned up some Colorado Cottonwood bark to try a woodspirit looking forward to the process. May win or lose but will try. lol
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Great job ... like the flow of the hair and the finish.
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Bruce, you did one fine job on that spirit and the finish really makes him pop, good for you, he's a winner for sure.
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