Carving a Simple Cute Christmas Tree with Only a Knife and Gouge!

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Carving a cute Christmas tree! So much fun.
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[@michaelkoster8412]

It's nice to see you branching out.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks!

[@SoeCarpeDiem]

You're right, the sound of the wood knife on the wood itself... J'adoreeee ! Thx for the tuto !

[@wendylord1284]

I love your video. You are so right, simple fun characters are very satisfying. Carving, for those who love it, feeds the soul

[@fernnewell6032]

Thank you really like this tree I appreciate how you just add so much more dimension to the tree as you went farther. Many thanks.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thank you Fern! Appreciate the nice comment!

[@darksi226]

Super cool. Im inspired to try. Nothing is better than a handmade gift.

[@billyaxley3014]

Nice tutorial, Alec, and the smaller/simpler carvings are very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to do them. Much appreciated!

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

No problem! Thanks for the comment!

[@MessickGreg]

I started with a R Murphy knife for twenty dollars and carved a house and tree into a egg. Realistically I learned if you take the v gouge or very small gouge it will make the tree look so real and put shadow on the tree

[@janiceemery2008]

Kudos to your brother for encouraging you to create these challenge videos, I think they are fantastic, especially for the new carver such as myself, I love them. Thank you for creating them and thank you for sharing. There is a lot of take away for me when you create this type of video. Thank you Alex and thank you to your brother.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks! And no problem!

[@michaelinnis6375]

Thanks Alec, I carved one two and half inches and It came out perfect so I posted on FB Carving for Beginners. I found I had to resharpen several times. I started carving during Covid lockdowns and I’m addicted now. I’m also a big fan of Doug, Gene and Kevin.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoy!

[@Rigus208]

Alec fine job for your first tree by hand . I’ll be honest ,didn’t think you were going to have this nice of a carving . Next one carve different shaped gifts under the tree ,great way to practice multiple cuts .Ty for sharing .👍😇🇺🇸

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thank you Ben!

[@sathancat]

I really like how you staggered it. Thanks so much for the video, I really want to carve some tiny trees but I felt I needed some inspiration (instruction?)

[@sharoncollins1879]

Thankyou, and so glad your in the family of God.

[@MessickGreg]

I enjoyed it Alec Happy Carving Alec

[@ginabirks4910]

Great looking Christmas tree, thanks for all the info during the video.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thank you Gina!

[@Anders.B]

Alec. I carved your tree....super easy and fun. Thanks.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Awesome!!!

[@tomevans4402]

Fun carving. Fun talk also

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks Tom!

[@edkopka9808]

cool kept up the fun

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks Ed!

[@whatsgnu]

Great tutorial !

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thank you!

[@timweedon4637]

Hey Alec, love these carves.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks Tim!

[@rhodrijones6321]

Just ordered some crocs and a knife. Can't wait to try this one

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Haha!! Love it!

[@riccojames1]

Awesome, loving the way you talk about other things as you carve. Keep posting these types of vids, it helps us all look forward to what we can accomplish after lots of practice. All the way from Wales, UK.

[@riccojames1]

oh and keep with the 'WHITTLE' knife only ;) At least for a while :P

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks Richard ! I really enjoy them!

[@Louise-xr5ok]

Wales ! Me too

[@ricksmith3125]

And always sign your piece

[@irenemacleod5140]

i loved the tree it turned out great i am working on a board tree with some lights in it i want to get into the little things like the tree you showed thanks for showing this i will be watching for more

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thank you!

[@pennington161]

Loving these videos!

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Thanks Casey!

[@taildragger7355]

The future is...small? Linker-approved. A Great addition to the library of one-knife-one-gouge carvings

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

@@taildragger7355 Hahah, I don't know if the future is small but these are so much gosh darn fun to make. And Thank you !

[@taildragger7355]

@@AlecLaCasseArt There is a lot to be said for a pocket studio for carving.

[@briancourt1420]

nice project, thanks . lots of good knives out that will serve you well. Can never find Helvi

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

That’s true! Thanks!

[@doczoff5655]

Nice carving, I'll aim to have a go at one in time for Christmas. I'm pretty limited on wood supplies right now, but I think I have either poplar or sycamore branches that might be suitable, or there's always the kiln dried birch firewood pile which is a much harder wood requiring pretty frequent stropping. I also have kiln dried English oak firewood which I have managed to knife carve before now, but that's really hard stuff so requires constant stropping and resharpening, and very keen vigilance of knife safety due to the extra force required. It's not a good choice for the novice knife carver, which is me, so I'll probably steer clear of it!

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Well put Doc! Sounds like you know your woods! Poplar is good! Birch is hard but nice to carve!

[@doczoff5655]

​@@AlecLaCasseArtSo I've decided to go with a quartered log of birch firewood to make a six inch high shelf ornament Christmas gift for my wife, and as expected it's much tougher to carve than basswood. I probably spent about 2 hours today and got to the simple stacked cones stage. Been a few months since my last carving session so I was a bit rusty on my hand stropping technique, however the hard seasoned birch forced me to re-learn pretty quick. Even so I worked up a decent set of blisters on my knife hand but hey, no pain no gain. Later in the evening I thought that a 1 inch high version would go nicely with our advent village (tiny snow scene with 25 card houses that get added day by day) so I grabbed a length of pine kindling. The pine was of course far softer to carve so it was a quick easy job, and looked great painted dark green under a white snowy coating. It was surprising how much detail I could cut into that tiny little tree, and dry brushing with the white really made that detail pop. Thanks for the inspiration, I really enjoyed making the mini tree, and will continue with the birch carving as time and sore hands allow. And to add to my blisters, your Rudolph carve will be the perfect partner for the bigger tree... it'll be worth the pain!

[@ericklassen742]

I'm surprised that you don't use basswood. It would make your carvings more enjoyable and less torturous from a carver's perspective.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

I did use basswood in this video and majority of my videos!

[@SoeCarpeDiem]

Q: When you say stop cut, do you mean straight cut true the line or you do a V cut ? Thx !

[@tor8068]

Yeah, I think im gonna take your advice when I try this- and wear a Glove, the way you were whipping that knife around had me thinking you were gonna take a finger off.😮

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Good idea!!

[@TboneLoyal]

You have prolly answered this a hundred times. What kind of knife are you using. I looked in your description but didn’t find it. First video popped up in KZbin feed. Hasn’t seen ya before but nice work.

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Yeah, it’s a really old helvie rough out knife I bought at a garage sale

[@andrewgward7]

Awesome video, definately going to carve this myself! I have a question, what palm gouge sets would you recomend for a beginner?

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Flex cut makes a few good starter sets! So does Ramelson!

[@andrewgward7]

@@AlecLaCasseArt Awesome! Thanks!

[@Knate1104]

Hey man love your vids and I sincerely appreciate your time educating all of us. Are there any carving tools or a set of tools you recommend if you’re on a budget? Or is it better to pay the extra $ for a single high quality tool?

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Flex cut makes a few good starter sets! So does Ramelson!

[@Knate1104]

Awesome man thank you!

[@stephenwhittier6439]

Love it, great video, thanks ! 👍 I just subbed.

[@gapgrove3831]

Where can I find the knife you are using?

[@AlecLaCasseArt]

Search up “Helvie knives” on Google!

[@Whitefirekith]

all we need now is an extremely happy elf with big fat cheeks!

[@jillelainejones]

I wanted to see if it would stand up alone 😢 other then that it was a great video..❤

[@michealwagnon2444]

Nice but spent to much on layout