[DMSLewis]

I'd like to find a small piece or two of holly wood to try carving. Any suggestions for a source for this? Thanks
DMSLewis

[rick-in-seattle]

How small?

[don]

There are several on ebay tonight.

[woodcarver55555]

American Holly can be hard to come by. It grows real slow. The grain is very tight and pretty hard. I was given a board about 7/8" thick last year and have carved several spoons out of it. Its very white, and carves nice.Make sure your hands are clean. If you cann't find any drop me a message. What I have is only 7/8 thick and about 3'' wide and about 2' long, Don't know what size you are looking for. I know Bill has more in a bundle, I just don't know how much a board foot it runs for. Most of what I saw was the same thickness and as wide as what I have. The lenght is around 8 feet.

[DMSLewis]

A piece or two around 1"x2"x2" would work for what I want which is just to try carving in the round with it. I do some small work so would use this to carve a miniature or two. The main purpose is to see how holly works, whether I like it. If I do then I will look for some bigger pieces.

[squbrigg]

Holly carves beautifully, it is hard wood, but has little grain problems to worry about. The edges left are crisp and fine. I use very small pieces in my ship modelling, but Holly is a choice wood to carve in that application.

The fluted pillars between the stern windows in the attached picture are carved in Holly.

Bob

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Everything on there is just too big! Can't you make things a little smaller? Even as "large" as it is, it looks great!