Toy shotgun

Great job Keith, nice piece of carving.

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Nice Job how long did it take?

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nice job

Hey Keith
cool carving ,I thought this was a toy.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

That’s over the top Keith!

You’ll have to do a real gun now.

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Nice job Keith. I’m glad that the landlord is happy with your work.

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You did a great job on this Keith. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Smart move painting the end of the barrel orange so no one mistakes it for the real thing. So, it was a simple toy which you finished quickly, but then you had an idea, then it wasn’t nearly finished. Now it looks like it’s finished except for maybe some repairs over time and the world is a little richer with another work of art instead of just another simple toy. I really like the way you continued the leaf into the checkered/woven portion. Did you use a different stain for the carved butt stock than you used on the rest of the shotgun?

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

Dale, I used Mohawk perfect brown for the stock and cocking mechanism, and mohawk black for the barrel. I didn’t want to completely ebonize it because I wanted to see the wood grain. There is some ray flecks in it too that stand out. To me it has to be obvious that the entire thing is wood. Had I made the barrel and trigger area completely black it would have looked like metal. At that point I would have painted it black with some black lacquer. It’s got to look real without looking real. LOL
Thanks for the comments guys.

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Very cool toy gun, nice carvings.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Very nice carving details. I had a huge collection of toy guns as a kid, would have loved something like this. Thanks for sharing.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Very cool project, I to love to embellish guns. What did you use to carve out the details? I agree, would have loved to have one of these growing up.

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Jeff, I just used 2 cherries carving tools. I have their set of miniatures and then their regular chisels. Thanks guys.

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Wow amazing carving, must have been fun.

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