2-50th Anniversary Plated finished

[Sixty_Vette]

My wife has 2 sisgters, and both are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. I decided to chip carve them each an anniversary plate. Besides the dog pull-toy that i carved my grandsons name into - this is really my first attempt at chip carving.

Both plates have the same design, only the names & dates are different. Here is one of them!

for looking!

[Kadiddle]

Very nice. Did you burn it after or is it painted. Either way, it turned out nice.
Carve On,
Kadiddle

[papasar]

Beautiful job!!
The dark stain really makes the carving pop. It is very hard to keep dark stain from coloring the surface. Looks like you found the secret.
Bill K.

[idigjars]

Fantastic job and a very thoughtful gift. Thanks for sharing. Paul

[Sixty_Vette]

Thanks for the comments!

@Kadiddle - after carving, I put on like 4 - 5 coats of Deft. After it dried I used MinWax Gel-stain - wiped over entire plate, then wiped off - leaving the stain in the carving. After stain dried, I put on a few more coats of Deft!