Schooner carved from scraps.

squbrigg · #1 01-22-2005, 07:39 PM

A friend was throwing out some scraps a few weeks ago and I never pass up free wood. They were small, (one 1 3/4" X 1 3/4" X 4 1/2", the other 4" X 4" X 1") ends from his turnings, but some nice looking wood. I'm not really sure what it is, hard as the dickens, but it finishes up nice. Butternut maybe, but harder?

I did the scene in two pieces, the schooner's hull and the sea is one piece and the sails as the other. Just something I wanted to try during the snowstorm here and see if it would work.

Bob

Hi_Ho_Sliver · #2 01-22-2005, 07:44 PM

do you have my address to send that to me Bob? LOL

looks great! I love ships, having been in the Navy, but never tried to carve any?

Plain_Ol_Ed · #3 01-22-2005, 08:30 PM

If you send it to me, I might be able to identify the wood for you.

AlArchie · #4 01-22-2005, 08:56 PM

can't help with what kind of wood it is, but I know one thing for sure...............IT WORKED!

Al

Mike-in-WV · #5 01-22-2005, 09:03 PM

Bob, Thats beautiful! Nice work but I can't tell you what the wood is.Mike

don · #6 01-22-2005, 10:40 PM

Bob amazing how you get so much motion in a block of wood! Don

Paul_Guraedy · #7 01-23-2005, 07:02 AM

It's like a relief carving that jumped out into the round and sailed away. Beautiful carving and really nice work.

Big_Al · #8 01-23-2005, 09:13 AM

Great pice of workmanship. Looks like mahogany (sic) to me. Big Al

Nancy_G · #9 01-23-2005, 09:14 AM

That's what a wood carving is SUPPOSED to look like.

Hey Bob -- I have lots of scraps laying around ....... I'll pay postage both ways. Whadda ya think? Huh? Sound like a good deal?

rgbonehead · #10 01-23-2005, 09:26 AM

Well Squbrigg you have out done yourself.
I used to carve a lot of boats,mostly power boats.
The big go fast kind(Racing Boats)
and used lots of mahogany and teak.
I would say that is mahogany.
Great job.Makes me want to go reenlist in the
Navy.
Ron