I just finished making this leaf carving but used cherry rather than mahogany. Boy is that hard! I thought my tools were sharp, but working in cherry was another level of difficulty altogether.
Hi Jim,
Cherry can be quite a challenge to carve. I'd say it is comparative to walnut, but slightly harder. The similarities are that you can get a wonderful, burnished surface with sharp tools, and clean details. But you need to be extra careful creating sharp edges on the wood that can cut your hand. Mallets work great, too!
Maybe in another life 🙂
Stone carving videos would be way too long for lessons. This one probably would have been about 20 to 25 hours long. I think it would be one of those "curing insomnia" lessons.
I'll see if I can make one. I think the original wood hand is around somewhere. But then again I recently cleaned my workshop and can no longer find anything 🙂
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