archery arm guard

[chuck123wapati]

Just finished this to go with the quiver i made. Thought i would go with Celtic type theme. Why because i know I couldn't carve a real looking elk and make it look right LOL. 

The scales are left natural, Bison brown stain and I antiqued the critter to make the lines pop and to darken it more.

[fredk]

Nice, good carving

[Bawarrior]

Looking awesome, thanks for sharing

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, fredk said:

Nice, good carving

thanks Fred.

[Bert03241]

Your very talented Chuck nice work

[bladegrinder]

Wow, that looks awesome. nice work.

[Handstitched]

You have done really well on that  I guess the scales may have been a little tricky , like doing basket weave.  Great colours too . 

HS

[PastorBob]

That looks really good, my friend. The carving and stamping look great.  Great call on the antique to make the lines pop.  Well done.

[BigBore]

That looks great!  Well done!

[Gezzer]

Classy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Littlef]

That looks amazing.  Bring on hunting season!

[chuck123wapati]

17 hours ago, Handstitched said:

You have done really well on that  I guess the scales may have been a little tricky , like doing basket weave.  Great colours too . 

HS

thanks Home made stamp too just an old bolt. 

21 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

Your very talented Chuck nice work

thank you!

[chuck123wapati]

19 hours ago, bladegrinder said:

Wow, that looks awesome. nice work.

Thanks

8 hours ago, PastorBob said:

That looks really good, my friend. The carving and stamping look great.  Great call on the antique to make the lines pop.  Well done.

thank you The deer was drawn by my daughter and myself, she designed it and then i tweaked it a bit.

6 hours ago, Littlef said:

That looks amazing.  Bring on hunting season!

oh heck yea, its going Carp hunting in a couple days lol. thanks.

7 hours ago, Gezzer said:

Classy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you.

[fredk]

sheesh! your own stamp as well

Sergey had better watch out when you're on the block    

[DwightT]

Beautiful work.

[AlZilla]

5 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

Home made stamp too just an old bolt.

Honestly, I can't decide if you're inspirational or if you just make me feel like a lazy slug.  Probably the latter. 

Nice work.

[Handstitched]

12 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

thanks Home made stamp too just an old bolt. 

The last time I made my own stamps, I was just a  lil' wee tacker,making shapes in potatoes    and dipping them in paint  , lol 

I think I have seen the ends of large nails shaped and used as stamps.  Well done  

HS

[chuck123wapati]

15 hours ago, fredk said:

sheesh! your own stamp as well

Sergey had better watch out when you're on the block    

lol i don't think he has to worry very much.

11 hours ago, DwightT said:

Beautiful work.

thank you

[chuck123wapati]

10 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Honestly, I can't decide if you're inspirational or if you just make me feel like a lazy slug.  Probably the latter. 

Nice work.

Thanks

haha, i hope i' inspire if not i have some fishing pictures i could post

[toxo]

On 5/29/2023 at 8:55 PM, chuck123wapati said:

Just finished this to go with the quiver i made. Thought i would go with Celtic type theme. Why because i know I couldn't carve a real looking elk and make it look right LOL. 

The scales are left natural, Bison brown stain and I antiqued the critter to make the lines pop and to darken it more.

Nice job Chuck, practical, non sheridan/western/floral etc, what's not to love?

[chuck123wapati]

3 hours ago, Handstitched said:

The last time I made my own stamps, I was just a  lil' wee tacker,making shapes in potatoes    and dipping them in paint  , lol 

I think I have seen the ends of large nails shaped and used as stamps.  Well done  

HS

many thanks, that makes me think i wonder if a good hard wood like oak could be useful as a stamp 

[chuck123wapati]

1 minute ago, toxo said:

Nice job Chuck, practical, non sheridan/western/floral etc, what's not to love?

thank you for the compliment, leather work like art has many genre's and its always fun to try something new. you never really know how its going to look until its completely done.