Doug I used these techniques for my knomb carving with the turning of the head and hands behind the back and it turned out really good...your a great teacher

Very nice and beautiful bunch of flowers 💐 Just a thought you could do the same process for an cheerleader

Thanks for such work. Inspired me to start carving for 2025

Doug,I just started carving,I love it thanks to you videos

Do you have a loafing bunny carving planned for this 1x1 series? Thank you so much for these tutorials!

Brilliant Doug, very helpful video much appreciated. Please keep up the good work, very inspiring.

soy de uruguay muy buena esea esculturas ya estoy aprendiendo de apoco

Θέλω να μάθω τον τρόπο που μπορεί βα αγοράσω, επίσης αν υπάρχει ειδικό περιοδικο που μπορώ να ενημερώνομαι για νεα μοντέλα ξύλινα. Ευχαριστω .περιμένω νέα σας

Doesn't glue get into the leather when you join the two halves?

Beautiful work

Thanks you do a great job!

What brand of antiquing do you use?

Thanks! I really enjoyed the tutorial. Now I'm off to carve the Hillbilly a second time.

That's so cool

Great - thanks!

Hi! Started carving today. Fresh out of the box knives, but it ain't cutting nowhere near like you go through the wood! I have the same block. Is it hand strength I miss?

@LINKER I would like you to try deodar cedar and just rate it.

Thank you Doug

Your hands are a wonderment.....no scars. Thoroughly enjoy all your videos, awesome job of teaching. Hope you and others are not hurt by the tariffs, not all of us support them, best wishes, Dan,

Boy I watch your knife go through there like butter and mine is like dragging a rock through it

I have just done my first ever whittle and I thoroughly enjoyed every second of doing it,thanks to you Doug.I can't believe I have done it😯Thankyou So much,wish I could show you👍

I just did my first project with an andler (necklace) and I have my work space in my living room. First I thought that the smell can't be that bad, but after cutting and drilling... it's absolutely horrendous, almost vile. Maybe I should do my two projects I had planned and then just stick to wood, because I don't think I can bare the smell any longer lol

Little green one looks like bilbo’s door

Good evening Linker, I am an Italian boy, I started the art of wood carving two months ago. Since I was a child I have always had a great passion for wood, I have always loved its smell. Thanks to your videos now I have a new passion that takes me more and more.

Love your videos. And this snowman. Thanks

I just want to learn wood carving to make gnomes. Thank you KZbin algorithm for landing me here.

Thanks so much for this!

It must feel great to have inspired so many people 👏 Thank you

Thank you for inspiring me to get into carving, just “fininished” my first gnome ever, used your videos as reference and guidance

Your videos are fantastic. I feel like your sitting right next me. Thank you for the instruction ❤ By the way, I love all of the extra little details, I have a lot of patience keep them coming.

a gome ?

The kid i babysit has caught me carving along with one of your videos during her drop off, and now she wants to learn. i told her and her mom she should just watch others carve, just to stay safe and to learn all she can. I showed her one of your videos in full and now every time i baby sit her, she asks to watch "Grandpa." I was confused at first until i realized she meant you. She's a sweetheart and I can't wait to see what she makes when she's old enough and has the right tools.

Well done Sir. I started widdling back in the early 1970's. Took a little time off, something about growing up. I look forward to liberating more figures in the very near future.

Thank you so much, just starting out.

What size is your plexiglass square? And do you wash the fabric before?

Seems to me this little hatchet is what everyone wants a "survival knife" to be.

Great video as usual! Me and my little Indian buddy are blood brothers now. I was doing the hairline, when I started turning down but the knife slipped and went straight across the back of 2 fingers. I washed it,put a little neosporin on it and a couple of bandaids, and jumped back on the horse that threw me. I guess I should take your advice and wear a glove, although you don’t take your own advice…😅 almost finished now. I’m working on the feet, legs and bottom of the robe. I got the nose a little too low so I may have to do something for eyes. I’m 64 years old and used to whittle cedar sticks with my grandad, but he used to carve too. He carved a ball in a cage attached to a 4 foot chain from a 6 foot cedar fence post that I remember. He died when I was 12, so I missed out on having him as a mentor, but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I bought a kit probably 10 years ago and carved a boot, dog & nativity scene. Your videos have inspired me to try again, and made it possible for me to do what I really want to do - turn a block of wood into something with just a knife. THANK YOU!

Great video as usual! Me and my little Indian buddy are blood brothers now. I was doing the hairline, when I started turning down but the knife slipped and went straight across the back of 2 fingers. I washed it,put a little neosporin on it and a couple of bandaids, and jumped back on the horse that threw me. I guess I should take your advice and wear a glove, although you don’t take your own advice…😅 almost finished now. I’m working on the feet, legs and bottom of the robe. I got the nose a little too low so I may have to do something for eyes. I’m 64 years old and used to whittle cedar sticks with my grandad, but he used to carve too. He carved a ball in a cage attached to a 4 foot chain from a 6 foot cedar fence post that I remember. He died when I was 12, so I missed out on having him as a mentor, but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I bought a kit probably 10 years ago and carved a boot, dog & nativity scene. Your videos have inspired me to try again, and made it possible for me to do what I really want to do - turn a block of wood into something with just a knife.

Sheer genius, love it!! Thanks for some great ideas!

I used this video for my first carving. I like the way it came out. I want to do another one, tomorrow!!

Could you recommend any other wood , since I don’t have willow by me .

You hooked me back in 2021, I do struggle a bit with the faces, but I love it thanks!!

This is brilliant. Thanks Doug. All your carving videos are so inspiring. Taking the stropping a bit further can anyone advise me about when to reload the leather with compound. My strops seem to get very black quite quickly.

Hello Doug I've just started carving and this video has been very helpful. Thank you. Fingers crossed my homework will be finished today

I could watch your videos all day, very relaxing. I'm very new at this hobby but am very excited to be learning. Thank you for this!!

I could watch you whittle all day. :)

Thank you Doug! BTW…I started watching you after I saw you canoeing on Joe’s channel a long time ago.

I just carved my first item, your hillbilly. I may have gotten confused, but I out the feed & wax on after I finished the carving and prior to paint. I’m not sure that is the right order. Do you carve, oil, paint, and wax? Or carve, feed & wax, paint and then…? Please let me know, I might have made a mistake and shouldn’t paint over the feed & wax. BTW, love your videos!!!

Doug speaking of carving on the go. I actually do my carving sitting in a local Starbucks. I started very slow with just a knife and stick. I have been doing it for 3 years. Everyone knows me for it. I get lots of compliments and questions and requests. Biggest thing is I bring this tiny dustpan and make sure I leave the table as clean as I got it. But I love it. Beats sitting at home alone.

Where do you buy your basswood?