Awesome work, makes me want to do another small mouth. I used acrylic for fins on the first couple fish I carved, then a friend talked me into entering a competition and they have to be all wood so I kinda got used to carving the fins out of wood and haven't used acrylic for fins since
I’ve heard the competition carvings require the all wood approach and I really appreciate the time it takes to knock out lifelike fins for those. I’ve never entered a carving event, but would love to one day. Using the acrylic has been a fun change of pace and allows me to focus on the details and then get the correct “flow” to the fin after the fact.
@@RiverbendWoodworks I did like the transparency I could get using acrylic, especially with transparent paint, and there wasn’t much difference carving it than wood. I’d take a small hand held torch and carefully soften the acrylic and bend it to give it a little motion. I just started carving a little over 3 years ago and your channel was one of the first I found on carving fish. I really enjoy your work.
Very impressive work, hats off from one artist to another. I do replica work. I'm not a taxidermist, but I love to do my fiberglass creations. I call them "Fish Art" . You work in wood, I work in fiberglass. 👍 Kudos!
Hola amigo, te saludo desde la zona sur de Costa Rica, tus trabajos son demasiado hermosos, te felicito es decir poco, soy principiante en el mundo de los señuelos artesanales, y espero pronto lograr algo similar a estos trabajos que haces, deseo fabricarle a mi esposa un pargo de manglar, me gustaría mucho verte hacer un pargo o robalo, o una Machaca, en fin salidos
¡Ciertamente tiene algunas especies de peces geniales para elegir en Costa Rica! ¡Espero algún día llevar mi serie Catch 2 Carve al extranjero y le deseo todo lo mejor para hacer una pieza única para su esposa! ¡Gracias por mirar y la mejor de las suertes con tus tallas!
@@RiverbendWoodworks muchas gracias por su atención y respuesta, si aquí tenemos muchas especies gracias a Dios, bueno yo pienso que aquí en Costa Rica te deben mirar más personas, admito tu trabajo y pues deseo seguír deleitandome mirando más videos tan lindos como esos, muchas bendiciones. Tienes Facebook o Instagram, o WhatsApp 😁
I’ve actually not considered it, mainly because I’ve seen the talent in that competition and WOW! They are next-level in my opinion. Perhaps someday, and maybe more to meet fellow carving geeks like myself 😂
Awesome work, makes me want to do another small mouth. I used acrylic for fins on the first couple fish I carved, then a friend talked me into entering a competition and they have to be all wood so I kinda got used to carving the fins out of wood and haven't used acrylic for fins since
I’ve heard the competition carvings require the all wood approach and I really appreciate the time it takes to knock out lifelike fins for those. I’ve never entered a carving event, but would love to one day. Using the acrylic has been a fun change of pace and allows me to focus on the details and then get the correct “flow” to the fin after the fact.
@@RiverbendWoodworks I did like the transparency I could get using acrylic, especially with transparent paint, and there wasn’t much difference carving it than wood. I’d take a small hand held torch and carefully soften the acrylic and bend it to give it a little motion.
I just started carving a little over 3 years ago and your channel was one of the first I found on carving fish. I really enjoy your work.
Very impressive work, hats off from one artist to another. I do replica work. I'm not a taxidermist, but I love to do my fiberglass creations. I call them "Fish Art" . You work in wood, I work in fiberglass. 👍 Kudos!
That turned out great! Nice work!
Thanks!
Always love watching your carving videos
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Sheesh, what a beautiful fish. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful workmanship amazing to watch.👍🇬🇧❤️
Thank you!
Rock on , awesome piece
Fantastic job, thanks for sharing your process
Thanks! Happy to share and looking forward to jumping into some more carvings like this in the near future.
I'm from Brazil and your works are a beautiful work of art congratulations
Thank you, Paulo!
When model building, sculpture and taxidermy meet.
Looks really good. Where do you get the scale maker tips for the wood burner? Make it yourself?
Beautiful work! Amazing detail and very realistic paint job!
Thank you!
Really cool
Thanks!
great work
Thanks!
Gorgeous piece!! I’ve been thinking about doing a smallie but I’ve already got so many projects goin lol
Always room for one more, right?! Thanks for watching and I love your channel as well! Your largemouth bass series was fantastic.
Good job man 🎉
Thank you!
damn. you are really an inspiration to step up my carving game.
Killa work. Love the fins in this carving. The eyes you use in your carvings I was wondering what they Were? Thanks
These are Wayne Cooper Flex Eyes from McKenzie Taxidermy Supply. They’re super easy to work with and I’ve used them on most of my carvings!
Hola amigo, te saludo desde la zona sur de Costa Rica, tus trabajos son demasiado hermosos, te felicito es decir poco, soy principiante en el mundo de los señuelos artesanales, y espero pronto lograr algo similar a estos trabajos que haces, deseo fabricarle a mi esposa un pargo de manglar, me gustaría mucho verte hacer un pargo o robalo, o una Machaca, en fin salidos
¡Ciertamente tiene algunas especies de peces geniales para elegir en Costa Rica! ¡Espero algún día llevar mi serie Catch 2 Carve al extranjero y le deseo todo lo mejor para hacer una pieza única para su esposa! ¡Gracias por mirar y la mejor de las suertes con tus tallas!
@@RiverbendWoodworks muchas gracias por su atención y respuesta, si aquí tenemos muchas especies gracias a Dios, bueno yo pienso que aquí en Costa Rica te deben mirar más personas, admito tu trabajo y pues deseo seguír deleitandome mirando más videos tan lindos como esos, muchas bendiciones.
Tienes Facebook o Instagram, o WhatsApp 😁
I’d buy it! That’s amazing work!
Thanks for watching! This beauty is for sale! If you’re interested, please send me an email at: riverbendwoodworks1@gmail.com
Have you ever thought about entering your work at the WORLD FISH CARVING CHAMPIONSHIPS ?
I’ve actually not considered it, mainly because I’ve seen the talent in that competition and WOW! They are next-level in my opinion. Perhaps someday, and maybe more to meet fellow carving geeks like myself 😂
What attachment did you use to burn in the scales
For this carving I used the Colwood burning tip in 3/16” and 1/8” to match the sizes on the actual fish as close as possible.
No greens???
I’ll be carving up a big ol’ largemouth bass in the pretty near future, so stay tuned!