HookerDogLeather

Some stuff I've been working on for Christmas gifts. Ipad cover, checkbook cover, and some Don Gonzales shavekits. I've use the same shavekit pattern 3 times to measure my tooling progress. The red one was first, GB second and the KC was my most recent. Trying different things each time to see what works best. My knife work and flow of the cut have improved quite a bit since that first one.

The KC carving was my first project piece, GB is my second. I have done some practice pieces on scrap but these are actually intended to be full pieces. I started using a regular cheap swivel knife and could not get the hang of swiveling with the barrel. I went ahead and got a DW yokeless and it has helped immensely. All of my knife work has improved as I go and I like seeing the progress with the same pattern.