Its Oscar...well sort of

[invasion1973]

A week or so back I posted my first ever carving that I did in pine with a utility knife. I did this while I was waiting for my Flexcut knives to arrive and while I was sourcing some lime.
well my knives arrived and so did my lime...so time for my first attempt at flat plane carving and my second attempt at carving altogether.

Any advice really appreciated

[Tom Ellis]

Not sort of, That is definitely Oscar. Looks like your new knives are working ok for you.

Tom

[Nomad]

Oh yeah, that's Oskar for sure. Love that smile and those flat plane cheeks! Nice work.

[hwallen48]

I1973
Great job i wish my 2nd carving looked as good , You got the flat planes down, i'm sure Gene the Master would agree. keep em coming!!

[gtech]

Yep, I remember him... it's Oskar.

And it's flat plane all right.

Gilles C.

[Claude]

Nice work - definitely Oskar!

Claude

[Merle Rice]

That's a great looking Flat Plane Carving, forget your first. I could never get the hang of Flat Plane Carving, to me that's hard. Keep it up. Merle

[Claude]

Originally Posted by Merle Rice

That's a great looking Flat Plane Carving, forget your first. I could never get the hang of Flat Plane Carving, to me that's hard. Keep it up. Merle

I've had that problem as well, Merle. My FPC are a bit less than flat plane; more of a rounded flat plane...or maybe a "smooth carving with lots of tool marks"...

Speaking as a mathematician, and being pedantically precise, all carvings are flat plane. Taking it to the extreme, the boundary between any two molecules is "flat", so even a "smoothly rounded" figure is nothing more than a carving with microscopically-small adjacent flat planes... but, of course, you all knew that, so I apologize for being reiteratively redundant on the subject...
Claude
ps: I still think it's a great carving!

[Mark Dellinger]

Oskar looks really good. Keep up the good work.

Safe Carving and God Bless,

Mark

[carver33]

Exceptional job for a second carving - keep up the good work.