wow 20 years old fishtail!!! you clearly take very good care of your tools! i aspire to be so good to my tools!!

Mary you are a great teacher and carver. Thanks for doing these. Merry Christmas.

Really gorgeous piece, thank you for sharing the process with us!

Thank you from Bolton Ontario Canada

I'm not a carver (but I wouldn't mind being one), but watching you slice off shavings with chisels so sharp they're like a hot knife through butter just makes me happy. :D

Very nice - love that carving! Merry Christmas!

Beautiful , excellent detail, thank you for the video, what happened to the shop?

It showed up very well. Great carving Mary and MERRY CHRISTMAS MARY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Very nice Mary.

Thank yoi so very much, Mary. You are inspirational!

Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! Have you done any charles-margaret mackintosh-ish metal frames? 😊

I hand whittle and have some half inch by 3" wide basswood that I'll scale down. Thanks for sharing this 👍

A VERY NICE explanation of gouge sizes!!!

Nice

I like it Thanks

Beautiful work...thank you!

I love art nouveau! You are talented!

12:25 Honestly sometimes u just need to Lube, "ehh ehhh" Lose a few stems🤣 Your so funny Ms. Mary😂🙏🏾

It's essential to get out of your comfort zone! Since I started, I have never repeated the same wood carving subject! I am constantly exploring and learning a lot!

You did a wonderful job on the stocking and bear. Your knives are so super sharp, you go through that Basswood like butter. I have watched your video on sharpening, and tho my knives and gouges are sharp, they aren't as sharp as yours it seems. I'll keep trying to get better tho. Thanks for your natural way of sharing what you are doing and thinking... Thanks for sharing.. Mellanie from Pennsylvania

Thanks for the video. Could propably try to carve something related to christmas time... I have carved some small items like a autumn leaves on small piece of wood. Attempted also carving small figurines from Moomin characters (Moominpappa).

Nice piece

I'm glad to see that you've been back for almost a year! I've been inspired a lot by your techniques since I started almost 4 years ago! But I only practiced intermittently, but this year is when I'm really taking off! But I still have a lot of learning to do and I know that it will always be like this and that's good! But one question remains... Why use gouges or eyefish please? Thx !!!

Nice how-to!

Great instruction in all detail. Is there a sketch of the outline somewhere? Many thanks. Best wishes!

Thank you Merry Christmas From California

Very nice

Cute is a fit. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.

Thanks for the lesson. You’re the best.

Nice stocking Merry Christmas Mary

Dayton, Ohio. Just getting started in carving and exploring the different areas of carving. Love your videos.

Medicine Hat ,Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 love you craving and lessons .🎉

Sharp carving tools are racist!!!

If i may be so bold, it is a pleasure watching you work. Question, when you see a block of wood, does your mind start thinking of a pattern for it because of the grain? Recommendation please, palm chisels or straight chisels?

Too much.explaining

Perfeito. Obrigado

So you need to use the stones along with a strop and not the strop alone.

Great job, Mary. 😊

Very nice

Mary, I have just started whittling/carving and found your channel. Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.

your video makes me wish I paid more attention in art class those oh so many years ago.

Thank you

I am a bit curious about getting into this. I have a whittling set now. What would you recommend?

I ran across your site while looking for an owl to whittle. Your work is astounding and incredibly intricate and amazingly beautiful! I'm just a beginner but it opens up another world. Thanks for all your incredible information. G. May.

For your first set of gouges would you buy a "palm" or "straight" style set?

Thank you for a very nice video. V-tools can be a bugger to sharpen. Practice makes perfect;

Love the lesson,Thank You. I have a question about preparing the wood for carving, do you sand the wood smooth before applying the pattern? Thanks

Excellent video! So useful

Thank you for the video. Bravo from Canada.

Hello from utah, Mary you are a great teacher ,i love your videos, i learned today from you ,you are a perfect teacher ,im growing with my experiences and knowledge from reading and listening, its so great to learn ,i love carving wood ,my projects are looking much better,i had a bad accident already ,sloath knife through middle finger ,wear a steel glove for sure ,i have a numb finger that wont come back so be careful and gave fun