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Latest Carving Project - Retirement gift for a friend

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April 30, 2022, 01:59 PM
GrumpyBiker
Latest Carving Project - Retirement gift for a friend
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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April 30, 2022, 02:03 PM
walkinghorse
Very Nice!!!
Says a lot!


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April 30, 2022, 02:05 PM
HayesGreener
I admire your talent. Very nice indeed.


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April 30, 2022, 02:12 PM
Dan the man
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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April 30, 2022, 02:21 PM
sigfreund
Like painting or not, you did an excellent job.
April 30, 2022, 02:23 PM
chbibc
Simply Beautiful! Great work!


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April 30, 2022, 02:25 PM
nasig
stunning skill and talent. Beautiful piece
April 30, 2022, 02:35 PM
Rightwire
Holy WOW!!!! That is impressive. Thanks for the collage so we could see how that came together.



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April 30, 2022, 03:33 PM
mdblanton
Wow! Terrific looking work.
April 30, 2022, 05:02 PM
blueshep
You definitely have a talent for woodworking.
Pretty impressive.


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April 30, 2022, 05:29 PM
hurstolds1
Awesome work!
April 30, 2022, 05:35 PM
remsig
You have some talent Grumpy!
April 30, 2022, 06:27 PM
mrapteam666
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.

Edit...
The detail on the State of Ohio badge is amazing.
April 30, 2022, 06:40 PM
Scooter123
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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April 30, 2022, 06:44 PM
BigSwede
Very nice work. Your friend will treasurer it



April 30, 2022, 07:33 PM
LS1 GTO
Very nice work, again!

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April 30, 2022, 07:56 PM
.38supersig
Cool!



April 30, 2022, 08:02 PM
blueye
Very good work.
April 30, 2022, 08:03 PM
katndog
wow, very nice
April 30, 2022, 08:45 PM
redstone
Excellent work, a true craftsman. Thank you for sharing.


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