Super thanks so much. Very informative as usual and great to see eyes done on the carving rather than a practice stick. Great for me to learn thanks again 👍
Very helpful! I enjoy watching you use the Stanley for carvings…I have one and watching how you manipulate yours helps me feel more comfortable with mine. Thank you.
Good tutorial. It's good for me to learn a few different approaches to carving features which should help keep my carvings in balance when I'm doing random whittling. The eastern white pine looks to be a pretty decent carving wood, I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks for the video!
Thank you. You can play around quite a bit when it comes to eyes 👀. The Eastern White Pine was from Lowe's. If you are lucky to find a minimally knotted board, go for it. 👍✌️
Really good tutorial! I'll definitely be trying that more detailed method in the very near future. It's similar to other ways I've seen, but not identical. Eyes are something i really need to improve. Thanks so much! 🤙
Hi,, thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate the effort you made for this video. I think may of us struggle with facial features, so I'm sure many will learn something from this. All the best. X
Great video here! 👌 Eye see 👀what you did there! 🤔 Since I don't have an NBF knife, can you tell me what brand of replaceable utility blade you find most durable, sharp, edge holding? Also when you sharpen the blade, what is your final stone grit? Before stropping? Sorry, I know too many questions. I hope you have a great week! 👍✌
Thank you. "Eye" am happy to respond 😉. The utility knife blades are Lenox Gold with 4 notches. I usually start with a 600/1200 two sided diamond hone, than a few passes on a fine & super fine ceramic stone before stropping. Recently I have used an MDF sharpening wheel followed by a leather wheel on a bench grinder - which seems to work well. Honestly, for utility knife blades all the expensive hones and stones are a bit overkill, I just have them from when I did more relief carving with gouges. You could (and I did for quite some time) use just various grits of wet/dry sandpaper. I think the finest grit wet/dry I used was 2000 before going to the leather strop. 👍✌
Thank you for wonderful tutorial. I'm learning lots of great whittling tips from your videos. I'm trying to carve a human face step by step following your tutorials, but it's not so easy. It's not a human face but a monster's. HaHa.... Anyway, thanks for the sharing your video again.
I'm a beginner and trying to do what you are doing you flip the block of wood a round so fast it's hard to fallow you. Liked the first video have it saved
Thank you for your vidio on carving eyes and that you can use a Stanley knife to this, great for sharing with us learners
Thank you. I am glad you found it helpful! 👍✌
You do in 30 minutes what takes me 3 hours. Great tutorial. Thanks
Hey Kevin, thanks much! 👍✌️
Great for practicing on an expressive part of a carving. Like the lighting in this one for viewing the cuts too.
Proper lighting is always good when poking around the eyes 😵. ❤️👍✌️
Super thanks so much. Very informative as usual and great to see eyes done on the carving rather than a practice stick. Great for me to learn thanks again 👍
Thank you, that is very much appreciated! 👍✌
Watching your eyes video now. Thanks for explaining so well.
I'm learning!!! Trying for the "NBF" Knife.
Thanks!
I appreciate that very much, thank you! 👍✌
Very helpful! I enjoy watching you use the Stanley for carvings…I have one and watching how you manipulate yours helps me feel more comfortable with mine. Thank you.
The good ol' Stanley, not just for opening boxes 😀. Thank you!👍✌
Excellent tutorial! Not repetitive at all, I always pick up something new in a new video! Thanks!
I really appreciate that, thanks so much! 👍✌
Good tutorial. It's good for me to learn a few different approaches to carving features which should help keep my carvings in balance when I'm doing random whittling. The eastern white pine looks to be a pretty decent carving wood, I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks for the video!
Thank you. You can play around quite a bit when it comes to eyes 👀. The Eastern White Pine was from Lowe's. If you are lucky to find a minimally knotted board, go for it. 👍✌️
Really good tutorial! I'll definitely be trying that more detailed method in the very near future. It's similar to other ways I've seen, but not identical. Eyes are something i really need to improve. Thanks so much! 🤙
Thank you, that is very much appreciated! 👍✌️
NBF knife, thanks, I'm learning a lot from your videos.
Thank you, glad to hear that! 👍✌
Thank you very much for this great tutorial!
Thank you! 👍✌
Hi,, thanks for the tutorial. I appreciate the effort you made for this video. I think may of us struggle with facial features, so I'm sure many will learn something from this. All the best. X
Thank you Jimmy! 👍 ✌️
Nice tutorial! Thanks for posting.
Thank you! 👍✌
Thanks for the simple eye tips. Hopefully will improve my crappy whittles
I am glad it was helpful. Thank you! 👍✌
you're being a whittle hard on yourself
Simple yet effective… thank you!
Thank you very much! 👍✌️
I learn better at 5×speed than normal. Maybe you could do a whole vid at 5× speed?
People already think I talk too fast sometimes 😉😉, but I have thought about it. Thank you! 👍✌
Great video, thank you!
Thank you! 👍✌
Great video!
Thank you, Tom!👍✌️
Great video here! 👌 Eye see 👀what you did there! 🤔 Since I don't have an NBF knife, can you tell me what brand of replaceable utility blade you find most durable, sharp, edge holding? Also when you sharpen the blade, what is your final stone grit? Before stropping? Sorry, I know too many questions. I hope you have a great week! 👍✌
Thank you. "Eye" am happy to respond 😉.
The utility knife blades are Lenox Gold with 4 notches. I usually start with a 600/1200 two sided diamond hone, than a few passes on a fine & super fine ceramic stone before stropping. Recently I have used an MDF sharpening wheel followed by a leather wheel on a bench grinder - which seems to work well.
Honestly, for utility knife blades all the expensive hones and stones are a bit overkill, I just have them from when I did more relief carving with gouges. You could (and I did for quite some time) use just various grits of wet/dry sandpaper. I think the finest grit wet/dry I used was 2000 before going to the leather strop. 👍✌
@@WhittlingWoods Thank you, so much, for sharing your time and information! 💯% Take care, and Have a good one! 👍✌
Thank you for wonderful tutorial. I'm learning lots of great whittling tips from your videos. I'm trying to carve a human face step by step following your tutorials, but it's not so easy. It's not a human face but a monster's. HaHa.... Anyway, thanks for the sharing your video again.
As long as you are having fun, the "monsters" eventually keep their distance 😉 😀. Thank you very much for the kind words! 👍✌️
How well do corks work for protecting the blade?
I have used them for years and they work very well protecting the blade and my hands. 😉👍✌
What make are the whittling knives
I used a modified North Bay Forge knife and a Stanley 199 utility knife. 👍✌️
I'm a beginner and trying to do what you are doing you flip the block of wood a round so fast it's hard to fallow you. Liked the first video have it saved
Thanks for the feedback. I will try to slow down the fast flipping. 👍✌
The use of a utility knife with a fresh blade is under rated and under used.
My Stanley's are a bit over used 😉. 👍✌
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