You have a take no prisoners approach to carving, probably from doing a design many times over. I find by doing 2 at the same time I can discover the carve little by little. but never at the speed of you or some of the other pros on here. I will try this one as it has a great look, Thanks for showing your skills.
Such a simple clean carving in less than an hour. That I can't duplicate in 8 hrs lol . Love it and your videos. Thanks for showing us the way . After 4 years of carving I can say you can tell my cowboys from my sea captains. But dang a few more years before I can do that.
Kevin -- I absolutely love your carvings, and I really appreciate you having this channel. I'm a fairly novice carver, and some of my best pieces have been ones where I followed along to your videos. They took a lot of work, repeatedly stopping/starting/slowing your video, many repeats, many failed pieces tossed in the bin. But eventually, I got something I was happy with. If your goal is to have a channel to showcase your talents and provide interesting and (very) satisfying content for people to just watch and enjoy - great! I totally respect and value that. However, if your goal is to have some content that is instructional, I will provide my suggestions as someone who is a new carver trying to learn. My impression is that you're doing this totally by "feel"... maybe some quick sketching of what you want on the wood, then go-go-go, at quite a speedy pace, deciding what to cut as you go. This works great for someone with your talent and years of experience. And I gather that you don't want to do any voiceover -- totally fine, I get that. While I don't want there to be step-by-step overly prescriptive instructions ("measure 2 1/4" down from the top, make a 1/4" slice at a 30* angle, etc., etc.), since we're all using different wood and most plans go right out the window once you start cutting, I would love to know what you're thinking as you progress through a carve. Maybe these can be added as captions? Maybe add some breaks within the video to communicate what you're thinking, and decisions that you're making as you carve? I imagine that you probably have mental guidelines that you're using. Like, maybe, when including a hat, I want the brim to be one-quarter of the way from the top to the neck. Or, when cutting in the brow line, we should aim to have this be one-third of the length of the face. Stuff like that. Rules-of-thumb that serve as general guidelines for carving human figures. This would be incredibly valuable to those of us trying to learn what we can about carving little people. Thanks! Please keep sharing your art - I love it.
Thank you Anthony. I haven’t had much spare time lately to get on and reply to messages. I understand what you’re saying from a new carvers point of view. I remember when I started. All I had to go by was looking at photos of carvings and make my cuts look similar to the ones the carvings in the photos had. I need to slow down more when I’m doing a video. Give the viewer a chance to see what’s happening. Maybe adding text to some parts. A lot of the videos I do aren’t planned. I just get a little free time and grab a piece of wood and start whittling. Whatever comes out of it is just that. I carve characters to sell in gift shops and online for a living. A lot of them are Santas. It’s not the quickest way to make money but I enjoy doing it. That’s what takes all my time. In the future I will try to make videos more beginner friendly. Thanks for your thoughts on all this.
Kevin it amazes me how you can visualize the character you are carving with a minimal amount of pencil lines. A true master. I have carvings from the 1950's by Hanna and your carvings are equally as good. Thank you for your time and effort you put into your videos. I have learned so much from watching you carve. What is the large knife you use? I looks like it's an old Chicago kitchen knife you modified. Do you use a sharping machine and then strop? Your knifes seem extremely sharp. Once again thank you for your videos.
2 of the many things I like watching you do is A. use that big fishing knife, I can't help but think of it as holding it way the hay out at arms length (as appointed to holding it up really close under your nose with a small knife) because I'm older and have to hold every thing all the way out to yonder to see it. B. you use poor man's wood. I mean I can get basswood once or twice a year pine??? I can get 8' for cheap. Anyway, thanks for the lessons on carving. Maybe one day, before I'm done, I can carve 1 time half as good as you. I'll be thought of as a master around here. If they only knew...
Great carving. I don’t know much about flat plane carving. Is it using (sort of) longer cuts than whittling? I find it hard to make longer cuts & end up having more smaller chips. Is that because my knife is not sharpe enough or just using a wrong technique? Maybe my thinking on flat plane carving is not correct. It is, however, something I would like to try. Thanks again.
Such a simple clean carving in less than an hour. That I can't duplicate in 8 hrs lol . Love it and your videos. Thanks for showing us the way . After 4 years of carving I can say you can tell my cowboys from my sea captains. But dang a few more years before I can do that.
Thank you Russell. It’s all practice that will make you a better carver. It doesn’t matter about the length of time it takes to do. Just have fun doing it
You are a master. ✨You teach me so much, and not even a word spoken. Thank you!!
Thank you
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Fantastic carving!! I really enjoy watching your creations come to life. Very inspiring
Thank you David
You have a take no prisoners approach to carving, probably from doing a design many times over. I find by doing 2 at the same time I can discover the carve little by little. but never at the speed of you or some of the other pros on here. I will try this one as it has a great look, Thanks for showing your skills.
Thank you Robert. Slow and steady is the way to go
Such a simple clean carving in less than an hour. That I can't duplicate in 8 hrs lol . Love it and your videos. Thanks for showing us the way . After 4 years of carving I can say you can tell my cowboys from my sea captains. But dang a few more years before I can do that.
Amazing craftsmanship! Love watching you carve and i learn so much. Thank you..
Thank you
Fantastic! I didn't realize upswept blades worked so well.
Yeah, I find the one I have great for certain cuts
Amazing @Kevin, it’s been a while I like to try flat plane carving, I’ve learned a lot from this demo, thank you for sharing
Thank you Dan. Hope the video helps
Ahhh - Scandinavian Character of course with the old Fish Knife 😂 I'll be in Sweden on Midsommar. Perhaps I meet this Guy
He moved to Canada lol
Bravissimo. Grazie per aver condiviso il tuo lavoro.
Thank you
Another great job Kevin ..excellent flat plane work and besides that ..just a good looking character ..Thank you for sharing
Thank you Sir
love the relaxed pose and fabulous smile of the character.
Thank you
Thanks Mr. Kevin for another great video and carving lesson.
Thanks Kevin. Hope there’s some good to get from it
Kevin -- I absolutely love your carvings, and I really appreciate you having this channel. I'm a fairly novice carver, and some of my best pieces have been ones where I followed along to your videos. They took a lot of work, repeatedly stopping/starting/slowing your video, many repeats, many failed pieces tossed in the bin. But eventually, I got something I was happy with. If your goal is to have a channel to showcase your talents and provide interesting and (very) satisfying content for people to just watch and enjoy - great! I totally respect and value that.
However, if your goal is to have some content that is instructional, I will provide my suggestions as someone who is a new carver trying to learn. My impression is that you're doing this totally by "feel"... maybe some quick sketching of what you want on the wood, then go-go-go, at quite a speedy pace, deciding what to cut as you go. This works great for someone with your talent and years of experience. And I gather that you don't want to do any voiceover -- totally fine, I get that. While I don't want there to be step-by-step overly prescriptive instructions ("measure 2 1/4" down from the top, make a 1/4" slice at a 30* angle, etc., etc.), since we're all using different wood and most plans go right out the window once you start cutting, I would love to know what you're thinking as you progress through a carve. Maybe these can be added as captions? Maybe add some breaks within the video to communicate what you're thinking, and decisions that you're making as you carve? I imagine that you probably have mental guidelines that you're using. Like, maybe, when including a hat, I want the brim to be one-quarter of the way from the top to the neck. Or, when cutting in the brow line, we should aim to have this be one-third of the length of the face. Stuff like that. Rules-of-thumb that serve as general guidelines for carving human figures. This would be incredibly valuable to those of us trying to learn what we can about carving little people.
Thanks! Please keep sharing your art - I love it.
Thank you Anthony. I haven’t had much spare time lately to get on and reply to messages. I understand what you’re saying from a new carvers point of view. I remember when I started. All I had to go by was looking at photos of carvings and make my cuts look similar to the ones the carvings in the photos had. I need to slow down more when I’m doing a video. Give the viewer a chance to see what’s happening. Maybe adding text to some parts. A lot of the videos I do aren’t planned. I just get a little free time and grab a piece of wood and start whittling. Whatever comes out of it is just that. I carve characters to sell in gift shops and online for a living. A lot of them are Santas. It’s not the quickest way to make money but I enjoy doing it. That’s what takes all my time. In the future I will try to make videos more beginner friendly. Thanks for your thoughts on all this.
Cool. Looks amazing.
Thank you
Good job as usual. What a great face
Thank you Johan
Excellent 👍
Thanks Doug
I'll have to watch this one a few times before I try it but I think I can do it. Simple eyes this time.
This one is fairly easy Joe
Absolutely amazing. What a piece. Nice job Kevin.
Thank you Sir
Kevin it amazes me how you can visualize the character you are carving with a minimal amount of pencil lines. A true master. I have carvings from the 1950's by Hanna and your carvings are equally as good. Thank you for your time and effort you put into your videos. I have learned so much from watching you carve. What is the large knife you use? I looks like it's an old Chicago kitchen knife you modified. Do you use a sharping machine and then strop? Your knifes seem extremely sharp. Once again thank you for your videos.
Thank you. It's a fish knife I modified a little. The knife is about 50 years old. I use a small stone and strop.
You knocked it out of the park Kevin, love it
Thank you
Excellent....one of my favorites!
Thank you
2 of the many things I like watching you do is A. use that big fishing knife, I can't help but think of it as holding it way the hay out at arms length (as appointed to holding it up really close under your nose with a small knife) because I'm older and have to hold every thing all the way out to yonder to see it. B. you use poor man's wood. I mean I can get basswood once or twice a year pine??? I can get 8' for cheap.
Anyway, thanks for the lessons on carving. Maybe one day, before I'm done, I can carve 1 time half as good as you. I'll be thought of as a master around here. If they only knew...
Thank you Kenny. The big fish knife is great. Keep on carving. You'll get better at doing it
Love it!
Thank you
Another great video! Thanks! 😊
Thank you
Crazy talent 👍👍
Thank you
It is marvelous!
Thank you
really good 👍
Thank you
Belíssimo trabalho, parabéns....👏👏
Thank you
I have't noticed your use of an upsweep blade before. Have I not been paying enough attention, or is that something new?
I’ve use it a few times. I love the OCC knives
Epic!!
Thank you
Were do you get your wood? Great job👍
Home Hardware store. Thank you
Great carving. I don’t know much about flat plane carving. Is it using (sort of) longer cuts than whittling? I find it hard to make longer cuts & end up having more smaller chips. Is that because my knife is not sharpe enough or just using a wrong technique? Maybe my thinking on flat plane carving is not correct. It is, however, something I would like to try. Thanks again.
What wood do you use?
Pine
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Does your wife know where the kitchen knives are?
It’s a 50 yr old fish knife I use here
Such a simple clean carving in less than an hour. That I can't duplicate in 8 hrs lol . Love it and your videos. Thanks for showing us the way . After 4 years of carving I can say you can tell my cowboys from my sea captains. But dang a few more years before I can do that.
Thank you Russell. It’s all practice that will make you a better carver. It doesn’t matter about the length of time it takes to do. Just have fun doing it