Blocking a carving with gouges and hand tools/no bandsaw used! 

🎉thank you for your help with these ideas

Hey Roger I learn something every time. That's the way I've always done my carving is just with the tool. Maybe one day I'll have a band saw

Great tutorial… My first wood carving teacher was using the old way of using gouges to start a carving and I’m glad I learned from him. I bought a band saw when I started to carve a lot but sold it this year while downsizing my stuff. And I now have to relearn how to do it the old way. So the timing is good for your video. It will help me to go back to basics…

Thank you very much for this! I've just started whittling/wood carving (and having a blast!) and do not have a bandsaw, so many guides require one it seems.

Thanks Mr. Roger and Payton. I have learned something new every video ,thanks.

Thanks for sharing Roger!!

Merci Monsieur de partager votre talent !

Love your work learn every time new from you thanks for sharing ur knowledge with us

Great video…..the wood you use is amazing…..where is it sourced. In the UK we can really only get European Lime which appears much harder ……certainly would not cut like this!

This is a great educational video, Thank You!

Love the video! I don't have access to a bandsaw either, so this video helped. I have a question? Where did you get such a big knife?

Excellent so helpful

What type of wood do you use? I would like to start trying this

How big is that wood piece

Roger, do you have a standard size of blank that you like to start most of your figures with?

wonder if you can share the pattern so i can follow the class/tutorial - Thanks .

Would you be willing to send the pattern if possible?

Hey Roger Where did you get that big honkin rough out knife ? I need me one of those ! I can't afford all those wonderful gouges you use.

What kind of wood?

Dear Sir, been carving 3 plus years. I've been looking for a long knive. May I ask where you got that one. Thank you Rusty

which tree??