Miss you Doug! Hope you and your family are well.

Missing your wonderful videos Doug. I hope all is well.

Hi Doug. Your videos are the reason why I got into carving and why I subscribed to your channel two years ago. Love your style and artistry. I REALLY hope to see you soon. Hope all is well. Regards from Long Island, New York.👍 ~Ron

Hey Doug! I hope you're doing well. Take all the time you need, but just know us novice whittlers really miss you and your carvings! ❤😸

Hello Mr Linker, where are you with your vlogs, have you disappeared from the face of the earth, or do you no longer feel like it or are you completely snowed in Canada? I miss your vlogs or have you lost your inspiration

I saw that you are talking some time off thank you for all you have shared you have inspired me and many. Again thank you

Prenez soins de vous! Vous nous manquez

This is awesome! I hope someday to be even slightly at your caliber of talent. I hope you are doing well. I (and I’m sure MANY others) really miss your smaller whittles videos please come back to KZfaq and your followers❤. WE MISS YOU!!!!!

That was absolutely beautiful. Makes me want to move to Canada and have Doug as my neighbor. Doug you are truly an inspiration.

Perfect timing! Watching this is exactly what I want to do this morning over coffee before the holiday tasks. Merry Christmas, Mr. Linker Michael from Columbus.

Hi Doug, I didn't know didly about carving until I came across your KZfaq channel but know I've carved a couple small hillbilly fellas thanks to you! Thank you for sharing all your awesome videos from Denton, TX

Just phenomenal work. I guess there's no substitute for practice, but I'm always amazed by your "vision". That piece of wood needed to be the Santa it became. Amazing!!

Beautiful carving Doug!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Miss you Doug, Enjoy your break. Hope to see you back. Greetings from Belgium.

Not my style, I'm still a potato and carrot carver in training. Thanks for the inspiration and simple carving videos. Much admiration for all your sharings. from Tammasse, SC

That is so cool I enjoy watching you carve thank you have a great day

Doug I just want to thank you! You are an inspiration to me and i am sure many others. Thank you and God bless you !

Well that's a right jolly old elf if I've ever seen one. 🎅 *Merry Christmas*

Beautiful concept Merry Christmas to you and yours Doug

Absolutely Beautiful and SOOOO creative.....You are my hero in my carving world.....Merry Christmas to you and your family and critters, Stay Safe and Happy New Year

Doug, you are my savior, when ever I feel like giving up you inspire me to continue, Thankyou my friend

Thank You Doug for all you do and the great video's seen and used worldwide.. All the Best Doug looking forward to seeing you down the road.. Cheers, Nick

Love the sound of the tools going through the cottonwood bark. The finished carving is stunning. You are wonderful. Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Doug, thanks for a great year of carvings.

You are a multi talented carver. Thanks.

Thank You very much for this new video ! 😊

Merry Christmas Doug. Truely appreciate all you do to promote wood carving.

Thanks Doug!! Great video and l can hear your mind while you are thinking of what tool to use on each section. Awesome

I love your videos and I wondered what happened to you so I stumbled on the coffee and carving thing add found out what you were doing which is very cool and understandable I don't make the sound like a nag and I fully agree with what you are doing but it would have been cool to have a notification of what was going on because we all miss you

Hopefully, you'll get this done a little quicker and have time for your Christmas Doug Linker. You are my best teacher of carving Alex has great art talent, but he doesn't reach down to my learning level. I do think he is improving to reach my level or just hopefully my learning skills improve. Merry Christmas, and thanks for teaching me

Masterpiece.

that turned out great

I'm sure most here will agree when I say, you're developing into quite the masterful artisan, sir. FANTASTIC work!

Great work. Merry Christmas

Looks like soft timber !

Awesome works as always, Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year, I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your channel. I heard a rumor you wanted a break from KZfaq, I understand and hope you do what you enjoy.

awesome!

Thank you Doug, For inspiring me and others to keep going... You are a most wonderful carver. Thank you also for taking your time and being so clearly articulate in your videos. Merry Christmas Mellanie 'Mel' Boone Pennsylvania

watching you carve is so satisfying !

Purely gifted

Marvelous simply Marvelous!!!

Thank you for the hours of fun and learning how to carve!!

Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing! Beautiful!

A lovely authentic looking santa with some bonus character features.

Amazing!

Love it!

Thanks for the carving, Doug! Have a very Merry Christmas!

Your vision is amazing 👏

Fantastic work, Doug! And the bonus of hearing the wood go through the bark as you remove pieces is wonderful. Thanks!

Wow 👏

Oh my. What an extraordinary piece of art. Your skills are those of a true artist and artisan. Please keep sharing with us such wonderful carvings.

Too Cool

Absolutely brilliant. Love these style of video. ❤❤❤

As allways a wonderfull carve. Have a Merry Cristmas and a Happy New Year 2024.

Very Cool! Great work.

Totally amazing. I am learning so much from you and am truly grateful that you are sharing your knowledge with us.

Great work, good sir!

Great carving. Merry Christmas all

Wow ! This was fantastic !!

Outstanding! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

WOW! I love it! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Love it Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Thanks for filming Doug. 😁👍🏼

your carvings are fantastic, thanks for sharing, new subscriber

Merry Christmas to and yours.

Merry Christmas Doug and family, beautiful work that’s great to watch come alive ,thank you 🎄☃️🥰

Great job Doug. Merry Christmas!

Doug that is awesome! Love it. Happy Holidays!

Great work and what a beautiful way to capture Christmas. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

Amazing sir and Merry Christmas to you all

Wow from Czech Republic!!

Fabulous, great carver, very inspirational teacher ! Thank you, Merry Christmas

A big hello from Ireland. Wishing you well on your journey and many thanks for your teaching 😊

Nice Doug. Happy Christmas Season

Beautiful work! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

just as enjoyable as your other stuff...have a merry Christmas

Thank you Doug.Carving this size wood gives us better understanding on how the cuts all come together, especially around the eyes, which is difficult to achieve. Great detail, looks realistic. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

HOW COOL. I’ve been wading into cotton bark carving lately to ease thumb pain and give those muscles a break. Cotton wood bark is a wonderful medium. I cannot wait to take a deep dive I may try to follow along with this video as an attempt

Great carving Doug 👍 Always learn lots from your carving . Have a great Christmas and all the best for 2024 🎄🍺🍺🍺🥃🥃🥃

Enjoy how you work with tools to achieve desired outcome. Looking forward to the New Year.

You have come a long way on your skills in carving. Very impressed!

Marvelous ❤. ..,. fantastic ❤. ....Mary Christmas 🎁🎄

Merry Christmas, Douglas!

Pure Genius

I like it, Merry Christmas to you and yours !!

Hi Doug. Really hope you continue with your tutorials!! We really enjoy them. If you had difficulty with people stealing your work, I hope it gets resolved in your favor!! Good luck.

Beautiful Doug ..Thanks so much for the great videos this Chrsitmas

Beautiful mountain man❤😊

Thanks!

Merry Christmas Doug

Very nice. The fireplace and trees are a perfect touch. I always watch closely when someone is carving eyes and nose on a piece. Thanks for sharing. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love your works and your dynamic ways of sharing. I’ve been following you your videos for quite some time. They both teach and challenge. I enjoy using your vision and changing them up to make them my own. Keep it up my friend.

Nice 👍

Beautiful work. You do make it look much easier than it actually is. Some people say their wood is hard or their tools aren’t as sharp, but we all need to realize that you could probably use a box cutter with a 2x4 and still it would be beautiful. Your hand strength and artistic eye are what makes your work beautiful. Merry Christmas Doug to you and your family. ✌🏻🤍🎄

I see now what it is!

Amazing! Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Karyn in Warwick UK 🇬🇧 xx

Speesh Doug, you're really getting good at this. Merry Christmas to you and your gang.

Have to say I like it without the paint better🤔 but beautifully done👍👍👍