WHITTLING A HAPPY LITTLE GNOME
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2 жыл бұрынWhittled from white pine
@kevinhampton7215 2 жыл бұрын
I woke up today and the wife had a thousand chores for me to do . I saw you had a new video and of course I had to prioritize. Thank you Mr. Kevin I needed the inspiration .
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin. Priorities is right
@fngrusty42 2 жыл бұрын
Broken fish knife , nasty block of wood. Make most of us look like hackers. Lol still enjoy watching you carve. Thanks for sharing
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Russell 😀
@gizzardpuke4056 Жыл бұрын
The wife said that looks familiar 🤔 😂. Nice carving Kevin thanks.
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@traigounregalo 2 жыл бұрын
What an artist. You never cease to amaze me! Thank you for your generosity with your art!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you MJOSE
@DmitriKozlovski 2 жыл бұрын
I love watching this. A lot of other carvers have great designs on paper or start with rough-outs first - in other words, they already have in mind what they are trying to do. Kevin just takes a piece of wood and just starts hacking away at it - and ends up with a masterpiece. I need to learn how to do that.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dmitri. It’s the way I got use to doing it over the years. Comes with practice I guess
@krashunburn 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 Thanks. I love OCC's. Funny that I never noticed the knife you use on their website. Oh, well. Such is mortality.
@jwatt65 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that fish knife in action again! Thanks for another excellent tutorial.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I still use it pretty much everyday. Not in a video for awhile
@AdventureIndiana Жыл бұрын
I have been trying to carve every day, even if for a few minutes. What I admire about Kevin is the ferocity of going at that wood. He can do that from the years and years he has had of practice. I peel slivers off at a time cause I am unsure of myself. My project turns out ok, but it was a lot of slivers In getting there. I am trying to adopt a new motto of “practice makes better”. Don’t want to say perfect, but if I am better in 6 months, that is a win!
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. What you’re saying is absolutely right. Everyone starts out with making little chips. The more you carve the more confident you become. In my opinion no matter how long you been carving there’s still room to get better. Practice practice
@darrenmacmartin9392 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Kevin, thank you for sharing your work!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. 👍🏻
@riccojames1 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid Kevin. Thanks for sharing the time with us all. It tickles me watching you whittle with that very expensive knife :)
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Richard. The knife is worth more to me than the cost. You could get them a dime a dozen one back in the day
@riccojames1 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 Quality for sure back then :)
@tjkoker 2 жыл бұрын
Nothin’ better than watching a master craftsman work. Great video, Kev. CHEERS!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir
@seanbradley6691 2 жыл бұрын
watching your videos are comparable to watching someone spread butter on bread. so natural! thank you for sharing!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sean
@Terryclarkester Жыл бұрын
He sure is a Happy Feller.
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
Seems to be
@jimtalbot5113 2 жыл бұрын
Mr.coates I just finished my first character on my own without trying to copy someone. You Doug and Gene are truly artists of woodcarving. The weather is changing for the better here in New England. Hope to find more time in these busy fast paced times to sit by the campfire and do some carving. Thank you all for the videos and please keep them coming.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jim. It would be nice to sit outside by a campfire and whittle a little. All the best
@kenhart6330 6 ай бұрын
Well you certainly picked his nose clean there, sorry but I had to put that one in. Fine very well done I didn't think that it would be so good when you started with a knife that looked like it had been broken. Pity you don't talk during the carving and letting us know what you are thinking about what's going on with it.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@KevinCoates98 6 ай бұрын
Thanks Ken. No worries about the nose. The knife is pretty good to carve with once you get use to it. You probably wouldn't want to listen to me stumbling with my words lol
@brucekearley8971 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kevin. I have been attempting to carve gnomes lately & I will certainly try this one. Enjoy your videos very much.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bruce. The gnomes are fun carvings to do
@nnybees6733 2 жыл бұрын
Best carved Gnome I have ever seen. Nice work
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@Jcharp12 Жыл бұрын
Love this one
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Johan
@dougLinker 2 жыл бұрын
What kind of oil was that? Lol -you just saved 100 questions in one shot -great Gnome!
@riccojames1 2 жыл бұрын
Looking at the colour, I would guess Mineral oil. But I also would like to know.
@dougLinker 2 жыл бұрын
@@riccojames1 it was a joke -he showed it in the video
@riccojames1 2 жыл бұрын
@@dougLinker Doh, not seen it all yet. Just about to sit down and watch a bunch of you all ;)
@riccojames1 2 жыл бұрын
@@dougLinker I guess I gave a it a little less of a watch than some, right! :D I wonder if the 'tube' stats matter if the vids are watched just for a minute or so and then count when we watch them the second time? I watched many of yours Doug over and over as I whittle. Can you see the stats on an individual watcher to see?
@dougLinker 2 жыл бұрын
@@riccojames1 not at all ,just overall analytics and watch time which is usually depressing lol
@johnhartt7679 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome carve. Thanks for sharing with us😃
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you John
@trevorjones7450 2 жыл бұрын
Very Cool Sir!! Going to have to try this myself! Thank you for the Video!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Trevor
@scottbutler7293 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice Kevin.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Scott
@SLAVGORODEC 2 жыл бұрын
БРАВО МАЭСТРО!!!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ubaldoperrone9958 2 жыл бұрын
As always a pleasure watching you.i been busy doing some Easter stuff.i got from Doug linker.my best don
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Don
@Squidiot 2 жыл бұрын
Terrific again. Thanks, Kevin.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍🏻
@robertrobison3480 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this one.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻
@magnushelgimagnusson5866 2 жыл бұрын
Hi you are so good and í like your vidio all and than you ofbthe eye í love it
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Magnus
@helioalmeida3665 Жыл бұрын
Muito lindo trabalho
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ianspicer3885 2 жыл бұрын
Great work my friend 👏 👍
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ian
@augusthermann5111 2 жыл бұрын
Finally a new Meeting of your Fish Knife Fans🎉 Thank You Kevin
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Had to bring the knife back lol. Thanks August
@tomevans4402 2 жыл бұрын
Love it
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tom
@thesmokedeck 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t let a little poke from the knife slow me down either. Nicely done sir.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I don’t either. Had many over the years. This time it was a drill. I was using it doing some different work lol 😆
@thesmokedeck 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 I like the way you carve. I like to be able to feel what I am working on so a glove isn’t something I’ve ever used effectively. Maybe a little tape around my left thumb and index finger 😂
@2371Anita 2 жыл бұрын
That knive is really something! 😍
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I really like it. One of my best ones
@2371Anita 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 👌
@joebtemp 2 жыл бұрын
Like very other whittler in the world, an ouch from the knife is almost inevitable. Glad to see it was only slight. Great little happy gnome in the flat plane style but with a wonderful rounded face. I like the mash up of styles. Definitely will work on a similar one. I'm particularly curious about the oil finish you use Kevin. Why not just boiled linseed oil?
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Joe. It wasn’t a knife this time. I did it with a drill lol. I used linseed oil for years. Worked perfect but took awhile for it to dry. The oil I’m using now dries fairly quick. The best thing I liked with the linseed oil was how the smell stayed with the carving
@joebtemp 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 There's something about the smell of boiled linseed oil for sure :) I thin mine down to one part oil two parts odourless thinner (more or less) and I also brush it on but it still takes a day to completely dry
@krashunburn 2 жыл бұрын
Kevin, did you make your little detail knife or buy it? If bought, who made it? Thanks. Been away from your site for a while, but repented and came back. Good to see your work again!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tony. It’s an OCC knife. It’s one a fellow gave me last year
@markkortekamp389 Жыл бұрын
hello if you need to soften your pine what do you usually do looking for advice
@KevinCoates98 Жыл бұрын
I don’t do it but I heard of people spraying it with water
@larryweintraub615 2 жыл бұрын
what a great carving, can you share with us the size of wood that you started with and the approx dimensions like bottom of hat, bottom of nose and bottom of beard
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Larry. The overall height is 4 1/2” x 2” width. Thickness is 1 1/4”. From the top of hat to bottom of beard 3”. From top to bottom of nose is 1 7/8”. From top to bottom of hat 1 3/8”
@chuckfisher1351 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr. Coates my home is located about 50 miles from the highest mountain east of the mississippi. Last summer my wife and I took her son up there for a picnic and walked a trail, lots of rocks and moss everywhere. Said all that to say this. My desire is to master gnomes and take several up and place them under rocks and write my address on the bottom for people to tell me how far the gnomes got to travel. With your videos it's possible now. I'll just have to scale them down a bit.Thank you!!!!
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. That’s good to hear. An interesting idea for sure. Gnomes are fun to carve
@soulvaccination8679 2 жыл бұрын
What wood is being carved? SUBSCRIBED.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The wood is white pine
@soulvaccination8679 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 Thanks.
@mikekimball121 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Kevin, what size is the wood , dimensions? By the way outstanding as usual, you are so good you ought to write a book. I'm from NC and Tom Wolf did, you really ought to?? Thanks
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
Mike it was a piece of scrap wood. It measured roughly 4.5”h x 2”w x 1.25”thick. Don’t know if I could do much with writing a book or even if there’s much demand for it anymore. You can pretty much find whatever you want online nowadays. Thank you Mike
@jeffburnham6611 2 жыл бұрын
And that's why you wear carving gloves and use sharpened tools. Lucky you didn't slice into your finger much deeper.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
You’re right Jeff. People should wear a carving glove. I carve without one because that’s all I was ever use to for 25 years. I did try a glove once but it felt too awkward for me. Btw I didn’t cut myself with the knife here in this video. I did it with my drill earlier that day. With that being said I have cut myself many times the first few years I was carving
@jeffburnham6611 2 жыл бұрын
@@KevinCoates98 My apologies. I was making an assumption based on what the video showed. At 14:00 there was no slice on your forefinger, than at 14:05 after a lapse, there was one visible that looked recent. My thoughts were you stopped recording to tend to your injury.
@KevinCoates98 2 жыл бұрын
No worries Jeff. There were other people thought the same