Red Cedar & Butternut Seahorses

These are amazing! How in the world did you carve them – freehand or powertools? How large are they?

-- The name is "Splinter"... I'm the son-of-a-son-of-a-carpenter

Those are pretty cool. You can see that each one is a little different.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Thanks. They are about 2 1/2” tall. I band sawed the blanks a couple years ago. I recently found them again and power carved them with a Mastercarver and a Dremel. Details were added with my wife’s woodburner

-- Growing older but not up!

I love these. Good job.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

These are great. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting.

Tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Really nice – I envy you carving guys (and gals).

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

These are pretty nice carvings. There are just subtle differences between each one of these. Very cool.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Excellent carvings, don’t let that heater stop you.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I’ve been eyeing the mastercarver and wondered how your experience has been with it? Do you use the reversible feature?

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

Those are pretty neat. looks like they could be used as Christmas Tree ornaments.

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I’ve had the Mastercarver about 12 years and have no complaints about it. If you are going to use it to rough out your carvings or will be using really large bits I would suggest buying the heavy duty flex-shaft and a couple of the regulars as well. Nothing is more frustrating than having a flex-shaft break and then having no spares. Yes there are times when the reverse feature is a definite plus especially when carving in small places where there is a grain change in the wood. When I lived in FL the woodcarving club had a project to sell woodcarvings at one of the Malls to benefit a local children’s charity. We each carved one 12 tree ornaments a year and displayed them on a couple of artificial trees in the mall.

-- Growing older but not up!

Cool seahorses! It must be neat to be able to carve like that. So far, I don’t have the patience. Or tools. Or time :).

-- Robb

Thanks for the heads up….. I’m still saving my pennies. Didn’t know to expect to go through the flex shaft so fast but good to know.

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

Really nice

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Very nice. They look like they would be alot of fun.

-- Dennis Zongker