BUNKHOUSE BUCKAROOS
It has been said that “clothes make the man” and in the case of carving a western figure it is the outfit that immediately identifies the carving as that of a cowboy, cowpoke or buckaroo. In this case where two cowpokes are being presented they are called “Bunkhouse Buckaroos” to add a little flare to their presentation. Each were Whittle-Carved using only knives to shape a six-inch-tall by an inch and half square block of basswood.
OLD SALT and Half Pints
A carving of a “Sea Captain” can also be called an “Old Salt” or a “Sea Man” (as a man of the sea) because their outfit is similar. The carvings featured in this posting are a five inch Old Salt and four Half Pints, three inches tall, that are in the motif of an Old Salt or they both could be considered as Sea Captains.
Early in 2008 the Wood Bee Carver carved the first Sea Captain and a year later carved four sea captains using four different knife makers knives in a Battle of the Knives for a comparative study. These projects were described in early days of this blog.
KNIFE KID STUFF
The stuff we learn as a kid and stored in our memories become the benchmark of experience that influences some of the things we do throughout our lifetime. When we enter the Twilight Zone of our advanced years we tend to reflect upon those memories to give a sense of where we have come from on our journey of living.
INDIAN HALF PINT
This Indian Half Pint is a smaller version of a six inch carving of an Indian carrying a lance and a shield. A Half Pint is a three inch tall figure carved to the scale of a half inch equals a foot. It begins as a three inch by an inch square basswood block.
MINIATURE CARVINGS II
The Wood Bee Carver has been known to have carved miniatures as one expression of Whittle-Carving of using only knives to carve. Here are seven recent carvings of two inch miniatures that are now on display at Peter Engler Designs in Branson, MO.