I had the pleasure of visiting Jeff Talbert today. I got some lessons in carving and he helped me with my butt plate. Here's a few pics.
Jeff's work station with his current build in the vise. He spent some time teaching me about carving techniques, terminology, tools and showed me how to stab in lines.
Showing me how to carve out for the tenon.
It's almost there!
I learned a lot today. Thank you Jeff!