[spanky2]

My Beautifull wife has tried for a long time to get me into carving with wood. You see I saw & dry wood and build things etc but never carved.

So Last year I had to have this large basswood tree felled, A neighbor (with band mill) sawed it, I dried it and the wife told me it was time to carve, I said "we''ll see after the wood has dried". The wood has dried now (more wood then we will ever need) and the wife brought a knife and a bar of soap and said to start practicing. Yup soap peeling all over the place. We will graduate to a block of wood someday. The carved pieces of soap will end up on a rope....great xmas gifts LOL.
I told the wife that I want to sell some of this great basswood, to my surprize she encouraged me to do so, sine we have more to dry. So I guess I will be selling and carving.
What I have read from this forum has been interesting and helpfull....Thanks

[squbrigg]

Your wife sounds like she should be carving too.......instead of giving orders! Smart move on selling some of the Basswood, use the money to buy carving tools. Welcome aboard.

Bob

[slather]

Welcome to the site. Thats good advice,sell wood buy tools.


Al



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[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

geez, I would be like scrooge mcduck...hoarding all that good basswood (but I suppose the whippersnappers on here don't know about scrooge mcduck and the beagle boys lol)

[Mottles]

WELCOME, spanky2
Kathy

[Tom H]

Welcome Spanky2, Where abouts in that state up north??I am always interested in basswood sources. This is a good group of folks here, always ready and willing to offer assistance in all carving matters.....and some others as well....Glad you're here. Tom H