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Offline tallbear

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English Shell Carving
« on: August 14, 2016, 06:46:47 PM »
This is an English shell carving I recently finished up on a mid 17's English pistol I'm doing.I was pretty pleased with the outcome, each one I do gets a little better.The finished gun will be on my table at the CLA,stop by and say hi!!!! i will post a full album of this pistol after the CLA.

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 06:57:27 PM »
Hey, Mitch, I saw your posts on FB as well, and meant to comment...  Very nice and crisp, looks great!  I look forward to seeing it at the CLA show.  Excellent work!


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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2016, 07:02:04 PM »
Beautiful job Mitch!!!!
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2016, 07:09:36 PM »
Wow!very crisp indeed
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2016, 07:15:55 PM »
Very nice Mitch!!

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2016, 07:30:10 PM »
Well done, looks GREAT!
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2016, 07:56:20 PM »
Very nice. I like it ;D
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2016, 07:56:48 PM »
That is very very nice!  Great job.  I need to carve my fowling gun in a similar fashion, but have held off pending more practice ....
Yours is one of the best examples I've seen
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2016, 08:31:52 PM »
One thing that strikes me about this carving, Mitch, is that it is WORKMANLIKE, it does not appear to be fussed over, but is crisp and clean. Excellent work!
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2016, 09:16:19 PM »
Excellent work, Mitch. Look forward to seeing it........Bob
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2016, 09:27:08 PM »
Very nice work! I'm not a big fan of English stuff though. Ha Ha!  ;D
Looking forward to seeing it.
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2016, 10:32:01 PM »
That looks beautiful!! Please post Pictures of the whole pistol .


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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2016, 12:41:20 AM »
Nice. That isn't easy to do.
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2016, 01:08:12 AM »
Mitch,
Very nicely done!  Great modeling and detail.
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2016, 01:30:44 AM »
Thanks everyone for the kind words,they are appreciated!!!

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One thing that strikes me about this carving, Mitch, is that it is WORKMANLIKE, it does not appear to be fussed over, but is crisp and clean.

Thanks Ton,you are correct the sculpting is just what the chisel left behind.The backround was chisel and then scraped lightly!!!

Mitch
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2016, 02:58:07 AM »
If that's workmanlike, then my carving must be kindergarten-like!

Nice work, I love it.

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2016, 03:01:24 AM »
Very nice, I like it!

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2016, 04:55:03 AM »
Very nice job. Go man Go.
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2016, 05:10:04 AM »
Excellent job.I cant wait to see the completed project.
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Offline J. Talbert

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2016, 05:55:25 AM »
Very attractive!

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2016, 06:04:52 AM »
Mitch, there's one small thing. Some parts of the carving are always done as a scoop not a block cut. See you at ClA to explain.
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Offline M. E. Pering

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2016, 07:10:03 AM »
Mitch, in the small bit of practice I have had with this design, I have always scalloped the ends of the shell when hollowing them out.  Your carving looks great, but just different from mine.  Not having had a chance to hold an original with this design, I am just guessing from pictures I have studied.  I don't know what is correct, which is why I am glad you showed and example of yours. 

This is also a hard area for me to carve, because the grain can be a bit difficult to deal with in this area, and chip-out is not uncommon here.  Extremely sharp chisels are required in this area, which you obviously have by the look of your cuts.  Great looking shell design.

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #22 on: August 15, 2016, 01:24:42 PM »
Quote from: B Shipman on August 15, 2016, 06:04:52 AM
Mitch, there's one small thing. Some parts of the carving are always done as a scoop not a block cut. See you at ClA to explain.
Bill, Are you talking about the scoops frequently seen at the ribbon area  close to the tang?
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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #23 on: August 15, 2016, 08:14:35 PM »
I like it alot. Did you use the stab in method for the out line cuts?
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Re: English Shell Carving
« Reply #24 on: August 15, 2016, 09:15:37 PM »
Looking good Mitch, see you at the CLA. ;D
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