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Old 08-01-2006, 03:43 PM
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Hi,

This is my latest carving. It's my attempt at a mountain man in cottonwood bark. It's 17” tall x 3" thick x 3 1/2" wide, from Vic Hood’s book “Carving Found Wood”, several coats of Deft semi-gloss and then Howard’s Feed-N-Wax applied and finally buffed.

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Old 08-01-2006, 04:29 PM
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Great job on the bark carving,love the detail.
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What do you mean 'attempt'???

Looks like you done an outstanding job of carving. Looks real and I like the detial you have in it.
You have improved greatly in your carvings.

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chipper,

great looking peice,

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Old 08-01-2006, 07:22 PM
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Well done. I particularly like his cap. It's also neat how you tide in the shirt. Sure wish I could get my hands on some of that cotton wood bark. Carvers on this site put out some very interesting carvings with this type of wood...er, bark I mean.
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Chipper
I would say that is much much more than an attempt. You did a wonderful job. Lots of detail. Looks great to me.
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Great job Chipper! Sure love the expression on this one! Good work!

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First class job on it......especially like the eyes and nose, and the neat details, like the collar. Great job Chipper!

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Great Job! You really did good with this one!
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I appreciate it.

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