flag walking stick

[cut up]

I've been caught up with "too many irons in the fire" syndrome, so this one has taken over a month to get this far. I'm using recycled cherry for this project, and the eagle head is the pattern from the last issue of WCI. I did reduce the size to what I think I want, and I'm still trying to decide whether or not to make a handle below the head. If I do, I thinking of putting a banner on it with the words "In God We Trust".

All comments welcome.

[woody01]

Cut Up,

What a great idea!!! Be sure to show us the finished product.

Woody01

[Kenny_S]

Don't worry about how long it takes, I have an Eagle head cane in the works also, but it has taken me 6 months to get it where it is at . Get tired of carving on it and put it aside and carve on something else. I do have the head cazrved and textured and a draped flag on a pole but undecided on what else to put on it.
Like the way you have the flag on yours.

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Thats going to look great! If its fast and easy , everybody would be doing it! ha ha

[AlArchie]

Yes, I like the look of the whole thing, and the concept!

Al

[squbrigg]

That's a beautiful piece of work, Cut Up. Very creative.

Bob

[MDWine]

Very nice!! Well done

[cut up]

Thanks for the kind words, everybody.
I've been thinking about doing this walking stick for about a year, and decided it wasn't going to carve itself. I ended up taking pictures of a flag from 4 different sides to get the folds and stripes to look right.
The WCI article was very timely for me, too. Just what I was looking for, because I hadn't done any animal carvings.
When my #1 G-daughter saw my walking stick, she asked "Can you pull it out, or is it carved?"

[cut up]

I finally got'er done.
I couldn't get a handle to work like I wanted, so I decided to leave it off.
This is my first bird carving, so I didn't think I did too bad.
Any advise?
Do I need to stay away from fowl carving?

[Tom-H]

Are you kidding? Keep it up, great concept and carving. Tom H