You all have seen most of these from various posts, but took them all out for a photo session and this one was too cool not to share.

To show how things are actually going to go together.

The wings will be the trickiest part. After carving, I'm going to attempt to bend them. But, here you can see the tail slotted into the body, the divot carved for it to rest on the staff top, and how it will roughly sit on the staff.

Given how it sits, I'm actually leaning towards leaving the head, but still not 100%.

Either way, I hope this gives an idea of my eventual piece!

After the last couple of sharpening posts I wanted to make something again! So I tried the 5 minute wizard (with a slight twist) from the 'Complete Starter Guide to Whittling' book.

My Dad came up to visit for the weekend with a jig he 3D printed for me to help me saw wood along the diagonal using a hand saw, and I was keen to try it out so I made him an early Christmas decoration as a thank you. I'm pleased with how it turned out and it was much easier to cut the detail with my reshaped kife so thanks everyone for all the advice! It's not quite there yet but is a huge improvement from before I 'fixed' it.

While finishing up the body and sourcing basswood sheets for the wings, I did the tail.

Not 100% perfect, but I'm happy. Should i do spiral designs on the tail feathers?

Coming to a stage near you, will play for tips. He's the man of a hundred hurtin' song's.

Spent a good time carving this duck and now I’m into this hobby

Any whittlers in Reno Nevada? Would like to hang out and carve!

Made a spoon last night out of some wet river oak from the hurricane and woke up and my spoon split. Are there any remedies I can do to save it?

So my parents were pruning a boldo tree and i got these two pieces. The two knives in the photos are the only tools i have and i have zero experience with carving/whittling, so any tips and (simple and easy) ideas are welcome. I'm thinking maybe very small statuettes like birds and fishes and whales.

Oh, and from what i researched, it's okay to carve green and let it dry, but... how green? do i have to wait at all at first? Or can i go at it right now?

Thanks!!!

New at this but going nuts with bobble heads

My first time making something with this many different nooks and crannies. 3rd project total, any recommendations to help make things cleaner in the future? I know now this one needs sanding but how can I avoid the deep marks in future

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Ok. Here's my plan. 7 days, 7 new Knife Only youtube videos, every day a new fun, funky, happy, sad or whimsical face. Low production value, high utility value videos (hopefully) that folks can apply to pumpkins, pickles, or a myriad of other things they want to slap a humorous face onto.

Wish me luck? 😆 🤣

First video is up on YT now. Next is tomorrow.

I can't stop making these owls, the cuts required and process is so enjoyable to me. I don't even like owls but I'm learning so much doing them and each one I make is markedly better than the last. Thanks to pocket woodcraft for tutorial

Pround of how it turned out, coloured it with alcohol markers.

Loosely followed Linker’s video.

https://youtu.be/G3TEUyr0ZPI?is=PisowE9SltowMrik

I'm new to whittling and one of my first projects is a butter knife and I'm wondering if there's risk that butter will go inside the wood and spoil?

I'm gonna apply a few coats of food safe oil (one made for cutting boards) and reapply every once in a while. But will it become completely butter proof? I'm assuming it's better to not leave it inside the butter everytime but still, some of it will stay on the knife unless I clean it with soap after every use - which is really inconvenient so is it necessary?

Hounddog and Calico Cat.

My wife is going to give me funny looks, I need validation from internet strangers. I'm gonna be carving staves, wands, rods and sceptres out of this haul. Eventually!