Whittling the Man in the Blue Overalls

[@miguelmartin4591]

Hi Kevin , I found you in you tube and I am watching your videos , thanks for posting them , I am also from Canada and I start carving like a year ago using basswood , but I can say that that kind of wood is expensive I wanted to try white pine , but the problem is that I don't own a table saw and it's a real pain to cut the wood by hand and with a hand saw , anyway , I keep watching your videos and learning more about carving , keep up the good work and thanks again , bay the way , I am a 73 old man and I just start with this hobby

[@KevinCoates98]

It’s a great hobby at any age. I use 1” pine boards and laminate them. I have a bandsaw but hardly ever use it. I square off my blocks with the handsaw. I sometimes use my axe to remove waste wood

[@miguelmartin4591]

@@KevinCoates98 hello again Kevin , I wonder if you can make a video about how you laminate your boards , I believe you glue them together , now , it's not hard to carve after you use glue ? the glue won't affect the knife's sharpening ? , thanks

[@briandonaldson7357]

It's never to late,, to learn something new...

[@royboggs3849]

U beat all I’ve ever seen Kevin!!👍👍👌👌👏👏 Bravo Kevin!!

[@KevinCoates98]

Thank you Roy

[@privatepuffer]

I could watch you carve eyes all day! You make it look so easy. All hail the master!

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks. It gets a little easier the more you do it

[@rhodrijones6321]

I could watch you rough out the face in 30 seconds over and over again. Amazing.

[@TheOldaz1]

Thanks Kevin, love the eye detail, hard to achieve with the hardwood timbers we get here.

[@KevinCoates98]

I haven’t carved much in hardwood. I did a chess set from birch a few years ago. That’s about it. I much rather the pine

[@BirdYoumans]

would have loved to see you complete this. Interesting large blade.

[@KevinCoates98]

I try to finish them in my more recent videos. It’s a fish knife

[@hem3375]

great video- esp for people like me who do not use a bandsaw- creating roughouts without one is so useful

[@KevinCoates98]

I have a bandsaw but don’t always use it. I much rather carve from a block of wood

[@brucelindsey7362]

Kevin, I took your advise on the fillet knife from Amazon and cut it down. I have used it exclusively on two carvings in the last three days. Wow, what a find! I don’t think I’ll ever go back to my other roughing knives that I paid so much money for. I guess the control that I’m able to achieve is what surprised me the most. One more question about your knives and I promise that I won’t trouble you again on that subject. I noticed that your Flexcut detail knife has a really sharp point. I believe that I have the same knife, but mine doesn’t have that fine a point. I was wondering if you re-profiled the tip on yours? And thanks again for your videos and tips. Having only been carving since I retired two years ago. I’m picking up so much just watching a master at work.

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks Bruce. So you find it good to carve with. That’s good. They are easy to use for a big knife. My flexcut is their roughing knife they have. I try to keep a nice point on it. Good luck with the new carving knife

[@miguelmartin4591]

Hi Bruce , which one is the fillet knife you bought from amazon ? I was looking at them but there are several and I can't decided which one to buy , thanks

[@glenmckelvey5952]

Looks great. Thanks Kevin .

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks Glen

[@Megazord716]

Awesome carving! Thanks for sharing this. Do you recall what the dimension's of this carving were?

[@KevinCoates98]

Thank you Meghan. I think it was roughly 8” x 2 1/4” x 2”

[@hooked911]

Man your really confident. You attack that like it owed you money. Lol

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks. Lol

[@houtjeboom]

This is so cool!!! And i love your knifes 👍🏼👍🏼😊

[@KevinCoates98]

Thank you

[@dilipanthonypinto1620]

The stock is regular pine? Because it looks like you’re slicing into Basswood…

[@KevinCoates98]

It’s white pine I use

[@jenskock9801]

What type of wood do you use?

[@whittler0507]

Fine job Kevin

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks Gene

[@carrolls3888]

I'm new to this, I have tried to carve pieces of pine from the hardware but found the wood too hard. Any advice what type I could use

[@KevinCoates98]

I use white pine. Not all pines are alike. Some are harder than others

[@MartyLJ57]

I have the standard carving type knifes and gouges and I'm still feel awkward with them.

[@KevinCoates98]

It takes a little getting use to

[@KENMCCRORIE]

That is so cool. where did you get the rough out knife?

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks. The knife is a fish knife. The three big knives I use were all fish knives at one point in time

[@MarcosAntonio-xl4mg]

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[@krashunburn]

I just love your tools, Kevin. Your huge rough-out knife looks like you made it out of a lawn mower blade, and yet it is wicked cool and perfectly practical. There's a lesson there somewhere, I think. Could it be that the rest of us spend too much time and money on glitz and brand names while Kevin just grabs a chunk of good steel, throws an edge on it, fashions himself a handle out of canvas and duct tape and then produces works of art? Hmm...

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks Tony, that really big roughout knife I use sometimes (the one with the duct tape on the handle) is also a fish knife. Back in the day when cod fish was salted and dried (before freezers) this knife was used to remove the back bone from the fish. The knife is probably well over a 100 yrs old. It can really cut good though. To be honest with you I can’t afford to be buying a lot of carving tools. I try to make do with what’s available to me and so far it’s been working fine. Some of these knives may look a little awkward to use but it just takes a little getting use to.

[@krashunburn]

Kevin Coates Thanks for the reply. Your "making good" is true inspiration. I learned through sad experience that one doesn't need everything out of the Pfeil Catalog, and your wonderful creations with sometimes nothing more than a converted old fillet knife are, like I said, truly Inspirational.

[@EURIPODES]

I told my grandma I wanted to do wood carving like this and she gave me a cut down produce knife out of her kitchen drawer. She said "Here, that's what grandpa used. You don't need to buy some fancy knife". Can't argue with someone who grew up in the south during the great depression.

[@kaphjsumman11]

What knife are you using

[@KevinCoates98]

It’s a repurposed fish knife

[@luisvieira8357]

Pode por um vídeo de como amola as suas facas. Obrigado

[@KevinCoates98]

I had some other people ask me this question. Maybe I’ll do a video on it next time I sharpen my knife

[@osprey02]

Way cool ~~~

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks

[@grahamparr4710]

I was wandering, how much of the finished figure do you have in your head when you start?

[@KevinCoates98]

Graham most times I have a little something in mind. I never really know how it will turn out till I get there

[@stelamaris5156]

Que Madeira é essa que vc usa?

[@KevinCoates98]

It’s pine I’m using

[@francescoarena6950]

Kevin Coates do you use the Pinus cembra? Thank you!!!!

[@francescoarena6950]

Bravissimo ma che legno usi?

[@danielesimioni3078]

Usa legno di pino, white pine

[@hatefulcrawdad1]

First Comment!

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks

[@johnjude2685]

Well done 👏 and wasn't a need for a $300 knife. That's the ugliest knife that I've seen on KZbin. Made the face seemed without efforts 👌

[@KevinCoates98]

Thanks John. It may not be the prettiest knife but it gets the job done. That's all matters 👍👍

[@halley-d3c]

Why don't you ever talk it would be so much more for the people who watch

[@KevinCoates98]

If I talk maybe people would stop watching. To be honest I’m not much of a talker. I will include more text to what I’m doing in future videos.

[@snerper]

@@KevinCoates98 I feel the other way about constantly talking over the video, so now I wait until my wife goes to bed and then I can watch it in peace! :-D Nice vids Kevin, you're an artist O.K.!