Smaug pen box

Welcome to LJ, Thas is very impressive. Care to share a little more about it. What kind of wood is it, type of finish, etc. You’ve got some skill and talent.

-- ~Jason~ , Albuquerque NM

This is going into my favorites! As jayjay stated,...”You’ve got some skill and talent”!

How did you come up with the design? What kind of wood is that?

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

Thanks!
I finished that mahogay with tung oil and wax. That’s all I know about finishing, so far…
The design comes from that illustration, I just clipped the wings and some other things…

-- http://www.sculpture-bois.ch/

What a beautiful pen box. The carving is spectacular. I don’t know anything really about carving. How did you go about carving all of the small stones?, dimples? under and around the dragon? That had to be tedious. Thanks for posting and welcome to LJ’s!

-- Brad, Oregon- The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

What does SMAUG mean?
Beautiful carving!

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-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

Glorious! You sir, have mad skills.

@Don – Smaug was a gold hoarding dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks!
Smaug is just that lizzard’s name, from Tolkien’s Hobbit book.
He’s lying on a pile of coins… They were just chiseled with a gouge of same ‘diameter’.

-- http://www.sculpture-bois.ch/

Wow, very detailed carving, nice work.

-- Z, Rockwall, TX

very nice detail on the carving, good idea to do the clay model first.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

Great box, I love the Tolkien reference. This would also make a great humidor model.

-- Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

WAY COOL!!!!!!!!!!

Very Nice. Like your work. Thanks for posting.

-- Make every day the best day of your life. Chips, Mississippi

Great work!! More from Tolkien coming our way?????

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Very nice!

-- jn

very cool – love the top

-- -erik & christy-