Wood carving supplys

http://www.woodcarvers.com/ ^ | 12/9/18 | mylife

[mylife]

Hi all, Long story short, I am looking for carving blanks or roughouts. I don't have time to do this stuff from scratch no more. my eyes are weak, my fingers are thin.. the old band saw aint been fired up in a long time and I might lose a finger...

Anyhow I am looking for a good source on carving roughouts or blanks, so I don't spend a ton of time on hogging out a hunk of wood on the band saw.

I recall a place in Trumbull Co Ohio called Beaver Dam Decoys, I was in their shop years ago, they had EVERYTHING.

Where did they go?

Mountain woodcarvers is good too

Help

[outofsalt]

"I said jeeze if we had brunch and dancing girls here I could make one dang stop."

I just turned 60 and I feel like a 30 year old!
It's impossible to find one that's willing.

[Noamie]

It isnt like it used to be :(

Check this though. Maybe this will work:

https://www.jenningsdecoycompany.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4_105

[Hot Tabasco]

I like the old timers.

Can't call them that anymore since they're all my age.......

[mylife]

You are getting close LOL

Oh well, fish are easy.

[mylife]

Fish Spirits!

[mylife]

:)

[mylife]

You can learn a lot from old guys. Old man Doyle taught me how to tie flys and make spinner baits when I was little kid. now I suspect he was passing it on cus his eyes here getting to weak for the detail work LOL.

That old guy caught a HUGE 6.5 foot Muskie on a 3 pieced wooden lure he made and painted

[Mollypitcher1]

Am sure you can get the proper leads from the Ward Museum in Salisbury, Maryland. The Ward Brothers were decoy carvers during my father’s hunting years. I have shot over their decoys and still have a pintail decoy signed by Lem Ward carved in 1936. The World Championship Wildlife Carving Competition is held every year in Ocean City, Maryland, my home town. You can find the Ward Museum and info on the carving competition on the net.

[mylife]

You ever hear of J.D. Sprankle? I believe he pitched for the Cincinnati Red in the 50s, any who he took to carving water fowl, amazing work, true art.. http://www.sprankle.com/bio.html this reminds me, I need to do a Bellamy eagle for the VFW "Free Trade and Sailors Rights"

[mylife]

http://www.sprankle.com/

[mylife]

the process..

http://www.sprankle.com/youtube.html

[spokeshave2]

See your Christmass video

And raise you some liquid Christmass cheer.

[mylife]

:) Ho Ho Ho! Cherry nose!

[KC Burke]

rough-out guys that come to the Mesa, AZ competition each year

Buckey's & Sally's
Larry Buckholz
St Criox Falls, WI
(651) 426-6994
loonsally@aol.com

John Nelson Woodcarving
John Nelson
Colorado Springs, CO
(715) 483-3543
(719) 573-5986

Moore Designs
Pat & Randy Moore
PO Box 193
Kindred, ND
(701) 282-2181
(800) 825-2657
email info@roughouts.com
www.roughouts.com

[reed13k]

for later

[eartick]

every thing lost is found again

I hope your are right because we will need to put in use some of these "lost arts" to survive.

[mylife]

Thank you!

[KC Burke]

I think I will add something that you and I discussed a couple of years back if I remember correctly, but for others, the Mesa Woodcarvers Exhibition is one of the best shows of its type I have attended.

Lots of top quality work judged and ribboned on exhibition.
A good number of vendors with tools and supplies available, although last year was not as comprehensive as in years past.
Some demonstrations and perhaps a class or two.

It used to be right around Valentine’s day but this year it is in March.
http://www.desertwoodcarvingshow.com/

[mylife]

Bingo!

www.roughouts.com/

But no fish roughouts...

The Search goes on...

[mylife]

thanks for chipping at it.