Wishing all our KZfaq fans a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS !

Beautiful tree Mr Chan, please do an update in future, I'd love to see what this tree looks like in full candle and by the end of next summer . Thank you . 🎄

What a wonderful Christmas gift! I could not have wished for more than to see how this odd tree was transformed into something wonderful. A million thanks! Merry Christmas!

This is one of the most interesting videos on the channel. Thank you very much Mr Chan!

Watched the whole operation and enjoyed every minute of it! Amazing work. Thanks, so very much.

Thanks again for another amazing video Peter. I have a smaller simular Mugo pine that I didn't know what to do with, but now I do.

I cant even imagine the experience and courage needed to do something like this on such and old beautifull tree. Happy holidays to everyone at Herons!

It’s an amazing tree. I would love to see its progress. Thanks Peter

Most educational and instructural . . . you and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas Peter & Co. This gave me some great ideas, my 60+ year old Juniper that I dug up is starting to show some growth, can't wait for spring so I can figure out where to trim it since it's over 4' long, one root had most of the small roots so I will have to see if some sprout out the other direction so I can trim it to a smaller pot but just happy to see I didn't kill it and it was saved from the dump.

Merry Christmas and thank you for all the knowledge you have shared with us

Thank you for Sharing all the information you have with us Peter!

A wonderful, wonderful job with this one. Thank you! Merry Christmas!

Awww it looks like Peter is covered in snow during the carving session. Perfect for the Christmas episode! :D Happy Christmas and a happy new year, guys

Rudolf Steiner said, the trunk of a tree is like raised earth, on which flowers and plants grow, like on a meadow. I remembered this after watching your video. It really feels this way. Merry Christmas, and a happy 2020 to you, your family, and all Heron staff!

Merry Xmas guys. Really enjoyed watching your inspirational videos this year. Hope to see many more soon. Wishing you all a safe and prosperous 2020. 🌲🌳🎄

Very good job,I hope to see this tree in the future. Thank you

A beautiful transformation! Merry Christmas 🎄

I'd like this tree for Christmas 😁 What a beautiful specimen.

That was pretty amazing. Thank you for sharing. Safe and happy holidays.

I‘ve learned so much from this video. Thanks Peter

Would love to see an update on this tree 2 years later.

Mr. Chan, thank you for your wonderful videos, I love watching you create these beautiful specimens on the spot....it is quite inspiring. I can't wait to find a tree 'in the raw' and try it myself. I've watched many of your videos and I feel ready to try (something simple). I have not yet seen a video of how to care for the bonsai once I've created it! Can you give a quick tutorial? ;)

thank you for this very interesting video Peter! Merry Christmas to you and your Family!

wow final look is way better than before 🌱🌲💚 Merry Christmas to you and the team

Merry Christmas Peter. Nice to see your assistant using a MoraKniv. Such a great tool for every cutting job

Merry Christmas Peter. Thanks you for your video. Best regards.

Great work as always!Merry Christmas Mr.Chan!

Thank Peter for wonderful 2019 have a merry Christmas

I'm a bit late but I hope you had a very happy Christmas and I wish you, everyone at Herons and all the other viewers here all the best for 2020!

Nice work, and Lovely Christmas !

Please post an update of this tree in the future. I'd like to see how that carving of the lump turns out. Thank you for the video!

I liked the layering and the carving was very well handled.....the repotting was a disaster with the uncovering of the narrow trunk...

Merry Christmas. Thanks for the Xmas day video Peter, I’m just watching it now chilling out time !!

Great transformation. Merry Christmas from the States.

Interesting as usual!!! Happy Holidays

Good night. Original work, very good video. Merry Christmas to the whole team.

Good job! Merry Christmas from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Like always great video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from San Pedro California

Peter u are a genius, i love this pine

I love the team work

Very good job!!! Thanks for sharing 👍 Merry Christmas 🎊🎉🎊🎉

Beautiful tree! Merry Christmas!

Another top quality video Peter..always learning watching your stuff. Id like to see you doing something with left over christmas trees in the new year. I always feel its a waste seeing them put out for the bin men this time of year. Im gonna have a go myself but never dealt with spruce so a tutorial would be amazing. All the best...

This turned out quite nice.

Very informative and enjoyable, thank you.

Merry christmas peter! Looking forward to bonsai fest!

Merry Christmas, Peter!

Very intresting work, merry christmas guys

Great video, happy Xmas 🎄 hope you and your family have a good one

Nice work happy Christmas!

Peter I hope this become a Christmas day tradition along with the Queens speech and watching SCROOGE. Wishing You, the family and all your team a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Great video and merry Christmas

I really like this sweeping tree. I have a little tree that an over enthusiastic person put a nasty nick in the trunk with a electric saw. I filled it with plaster and then used acrylic paints to blend it in. No one can see it even if I point it out.

Merry Christmas HERONS

Merry Christmas Peter all the best to you and your family

Merry Christmas from Greece.

I hope you have a great time at the holidays!

hello from colombia and merry christmas . I'm watching your videos.

Every time I'm watching your greatest apprentice Padma working, I have the impression of looking at a retired special ops or presidential bodyguard, perhaps a hitman, doing his work in a peaceful and retired state.

Wear gloves Peter... turned out to be unique and beautiful tree..spot on pot too.. happy holidays to all..

exelente ejemplo para imitar y lo que mas me llego es el sustrato para usar en esa especie.

interesting approach I commend you Master Chan..

Wow that operation on the bulge was intense to watch but what a result! Merry Christmas Peter

It shows when Peter spends more time on a tree it looks quite beautiful

Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia oraz szczęśliwego Nowego Roku ..🎆✨🎇

Merry Christmas Peter.

It's a big improvement I hope the limb survives. It was intense to watch the operation.

Merry Christmas from Sevilla, Spain¡¡

When you were struggling with the nippers on the Jin, I thought you might prefer a tool that blacksmiths (farrier, horseshoes) use. They are bigger more powerful nippers used to cut the extremely hard horse’s hoof. Very sharp. Have you ever seen one of those?

I think that knot makes it look beautiful and unique

Merry Christmas Mr Chan . Thank you for all you do. Got one of your books for Christmas 🎄❤

Very nice. Thank you for this.

Amazing thanks for the video

Nota Dez está belíssima Aula 🙌

Happy Chrismas Peter. Nice job on the pine peter and co. Nice job removing its Adam's Apple too 😉

Being a carpenter since i was 15 i always worry about the way people hold their knifes. A carpenter's razor would have worked nicely as long as you do not pry with it. A sharp knife may seem more dangerous but a dull knife will cut you just as easily. Remember to always cut away from your hand that isn't holding the knife. Wish everyone good health in 2020.

could this be put upside-down horizontally, like a swan neck?

Great detail

Merry Christmas!

Hello Peter! I was recently looking through my copy of bonsai master class, and in the chapter about raising seeds and cuttings is a section about clip and grow training and a section on wiring young material. It mentions in the clip and grow method a 2 year old tree is transplanted grown out for another year and is cut back to half original height in the spring of the 4th year. I was hoping you could clarify what this means, whether it means cutting back to half the original 2nd year growth or half of the new growth produced in the 3rd year. The book mentions repeating this yearly, in slightly different wording for the 5th year cutting to just 2 or 3 nodes. I was planning on using this method for a really nice baby oak that is going into its 3rd year of growth soon. Thanks! :)

very inspirational, can you please help me where can I find bonsai tools?

Merry Christmas! 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

What was the name of the tool bit you carved with?

Hmm, It’s still looking a little out of balance to my eye, I think I would cut it off right at the gin. I love how the carving turned out, that is much better than it was. Thank you for sharing and merry Christmas

Happy Christmas peter 🎄🎄🎄

I would love to see the update video on this tree.

How did you put back the removed bark?

How is it that the weight of the trunk doesn’t tip the pot over? Bless you snd Merry Christmas to all viewers

(1:13) The video has just begun and I see that she hasn't fallen so much as she is searching for something. For context: It must have been twenty years ago now, a friend who is an avid tarot reader asked me to provide some sketches for a new deck they were working on. I knew nothing of the craft at the time, but I loved the idea that a story could find life in the shuffling of a deck of cards, and what I then learned still pops up from time to time when familiar archetypes appear. This tree reminds me of what might happen somewhere between the Tower and the Star. Hope is born among the rubble of chaos and misfortune. It's the promise that all can never be lost for those who endeavor to raise another up. Anyway, enough rambling. A pot of coffee demands to be made. Then back to the video. (11:50) I was totally thinking about a Dremel while you guys were incising the bark. I hope my instincts stay on point for *at least* another week. (13:38) I'm again reminded that it's time to upgrade my Dremel. I picked up a 7300 last summer and burned up the battery pack carving just two queens and a bishop for my son's chess set. (17:28) Ha! The first time I tried using hair clippers was in training at Ft. Gordon. It was similarly disastrous. The following morning I found myself standing in formation with a hangover, a very uncomfortable chill on my freshly bald noggin, and a face full of Drill Instructor who couldn't stop laughing long enough to properly yell at me. (26:24) That's a great analogy. A while back, my wife ordered a pair of stiletto boots online. When they arrived, she wanted to try them on, but no matter how hard she shoved her feet flat-out refused to cooperate. I must've worn them around the house for three days trying to break them in for her. They now collect dust in the spare bedroom, and I'll probably never get rid of this ingrown toenail. Balance is highly underrated... The final shot shows a much more dramatic transformation than I anticipated. Are there videos available on the wiring that was done? Also, please let your assistant know that he has phenomenal taste in flannel.

Can you provide a link to the bit you used?

Feliz Navidad desde España!!!!!!

Wesołych Świąt życzę...Poland

Nice one 👍

My favorite bonsai

This is absolutely Hilarious I'm binge watching a Bonsai Man 50 minutes from where I live do surgery on a tree. On Boxing day. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.

For anyone wondering. Its looks like Peter used a mora classic no1 or a mora 122 carving knife. And his helper looks to he using a mora companion

What is a good time to repot scotes pine?

Happy 🎄holidays🎆 🍻cheers🥃

So many pots!! Wow :D