Bob Blea Report post Posted October 13, 2015 This was a custom order I finished recently. The customer wanted a notebook with a turkey and a deer carving on it because her husband likes to hunt both animals in Kansas. She also wanted turkey tracks to appear on it somehow. Finally it needed the message 'Love Mom, 2015' inside because it was really going to be a birthday gift from his Mom to her husband and she was just organizing it. Sound complicated enough? After a few practice carvings to get the turkey and landscape right, this is what I came up with. Apparently the husband was thrilled with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rohn Report post Posted October 13, 2015 That is fantastic work. Love your carvings and I would say this is a very professionally done piece. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoubleC Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Bob that is a fantastic job. Cheryl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwican Report post Posted October 13, 2015 very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted October 13, 2015 Thank you all! It took a lot of practice tries to get it to where I thought it was passable. I'd never carved a turkey before and it took a lot of work to get the feathers to look right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThatGuyFromReno Report post Posted October 13, 2015 That looks great, I love the detail. Mark Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangman2 Report post Posted October 13, 2015 very nice detail, you should be proud of your work Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted October 14, 2015 One o' those turkey notebook covers would be totally perfect for anybody trying to read my turkey-scratch handwriting! I love the tracks inside. Beautiful work on both of them, Bob! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted October 14, 2015 Thanks all, I really like figure carving just don't get many requests to do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bland Report post Posted October 15, 2015 Very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
venator Report post Posted October 15, 2015 That's spectacular carving! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Sioux Saddlery Report post Posted October 16, 2015 I'm simply speechless! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Blea Report post Posted October 16, 2015 Thanks all, you are very kind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted October 18, 2015 Very nice! I haven't actually seen very many examples of figure carving, so it was educational to see all the details. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sceaden Report post Posted March 24, 2017 Beautiful work! I don't suppose you would mind sharing where you found the tooling pattern or did you sketch it out yourself? I have a customer who wants a tri-fold wallet tooled in something nice for her husband who loves to hunt deer and turkey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
