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My hypocrisy goes only so far
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To add to the eclectic nature of items found in the Lounge…
My latest carving project was a bit of an odd duck. A friend, fellow Jarhead and fellow prison guard just retired. He & his wife both retired and as of this week moved to Alabama.
She worked with the Red Cross & they’re dog lovers.
I told him I was going to carve something for him and asked what he’d like. That’s when he laid all the above on me and asked if I could somehow put all of that as well as the date of their marriage into a carving.
That was a head scratcher. But he chose the font and this layout and I got busy on it finishing up 3days before they moved.
While I don’t like painting a carving it’s what he wanted .


































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Very Nice!!!
Says a lot!


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I admire your talent. Very nice indeed.


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What a great gift for your friend! I always enjoy seeing your work. Each picture as it progressed looked better and better, then the final product was WOW!

I would like to try doing projects like that someday.



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Like painting or not, you did an excellent job.
 
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Simply Beautiful! Great work!


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stunning skill and talent. Beautiful piece
 
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Holy WOW!!!! That is impressive. Thanks for the collage so we could see how that came together.




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Triggers don't
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Wow! Terrific looking work.
 
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You definitely have a talent for woodworking.
Pretty impressive.


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Awesome work!
 
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You have some talent Grumpy!
 
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very nice
That is incredible
and to think I was happy that I was skilled enough to find my way home from the gym.

You have skillz.

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The detail on the State of Ohio badge is amazing.
 
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I can be a pretty picky person at times, but in this case I can say with absolute certainty that I LIKE IT A LOT ! ! ! ! . You did a great job.


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Very nice work. Your friend will treasurer it



 
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Very nice work, again!

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Cool!



 
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Very good work.
 
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wow, very nice
 
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Why don’t you fix your little
problem and light this candle
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Excellent work, a true craftsman. Thank you for sharing.



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