Harley Panhead, Skull and snake cane

[deweyrf91]

I'm working on a new Harley themed cane, got the handle almost finished. Kind of hard to capture with a camera, but its a skull, with a snake curled up through its eye, all over a Panhead engine. The skull is wearing an old leather bombers cap and the pipes sweep up to form the outline of wings. All of this then morphs back into a cane handle, harley fat bob tanks and dash from the 40s, with feathers and the pipes meld into one fishtail exhaust on the back of the handle.

[schizoidlogger]

Hi Dew,

Beautiful work, great design and nice chunk of wood (Walnut huh?). The detail is incredible - must have taken an hour or two to carve. Is it for someone special or are you going to sell it?

Thanks,

Merv

[deweyrf91]

Yes, I probably have already 50 hours just in the handle and still not finished. I'm sure by the time I'm through I'll have around 100+ hrs into it. I'm working on the cane portion now, it's an old front wheel and fender from a late forties harley. The handle will sit on top of the wheel and then I will carve the springer forks to go from the handle to the wheel. The cane is still in progress though. Nope, not carving it for anyone, just a crazy idea I had. I'll definitely consider selling it though. Thanks for the comments.
Dewey

[mpounders]

I recognized your work from a previous Harley cane you posted. Very nice! I love the texturing on the handle...way cool! I have almost completed a cane I have been working on and I was concerned about the handle being too large and having too many details on the stick, but I am feel better after finding some similarities in your work (although your quality is what I aspire to reach). I browsed your web site also and was very impressed with your other work, especially the mermaid (?) cane! Show us more, please!

[belprime]

That looks fantastic...great detail. Are you powercarving or is it done with hand tools? Is it walnut?

[deweyrf91]

The handle is black walnut. I use all the tools I need to sculpt my design, including a foredom rotary carver, micro chisels, sharp knives, small files and I even have a woodburner too. Most of the shaping I do with the foredom, all the detail and final work was done with chisels and knives. The feathers were contoured and then I used the wood burner to get the minute lines. I'm starting to really just enjoy pulling the compositions together. Thanks for the compliments.

[tucker1931]

I'm afraid I don't have but only one thing to say to you my friend, "FANTASTIC".
Cliff

[Curtscarving]

QUALITY-Is all I can say about any of your work!!!!!

[deweyrf91]

Here are a couple of pics of the Mermaid cane I previously carved. The mermaid cane is Birds Eye Maple with a Walnut handle in the shape of an old cannon scroll.

[Thor]

What exciting work to see! Your details are very inspiring. I'm glad you posted the mermaid staff as well.
Those are the kind of pieces that really require the close-up and personal examination to really appreciate all of the work put into them.

Thanks for letting us see your work.
Christina