Jude 2

You might remember that back on April 15th I started a new project, namely carving a Knight for the Chess Set that I plan on making. I have been working steadily on this project ever since. Carving takes time and patience, two qualities that I usually don't have in abundance. If you have been following the progress in my blog, you know that a portion of the work is being done by someone else (the turning of the pedestal base) as I have no wood lathe to do this work. Well the base is not finished yet , however outside of some light sanding the Knight is finished. I thought that y'all might like to see the end results. I photographed it next to a quarter to give it some scale.





TW

TW, that is just absolutely incredible



KB

Amazing! You are blessed with an amazing skill.

Based on your age and skill level I was wondering, did you help build the ark of the covenant?




kidding....... great work

Here's another shot that shows the detail a little better.




TW

simply beautiful...you are very talented!!!! how are you carving them, what are you using for such fine detail?

Here is my "Tool Kit" for this project. These are the only tools that I have used.



A set of X-ACTO knives with replaceable blades, a set of jewelers files, a 1/8th inch drill, an assortment of much smaller drills, a pin vise, and 600 grit sandpaper.


TW