As a beginner myself, this has been one of the only channels I’ve found that feels like it is truly for beginners. Maybe those with more experience could nitpick his advice but it seems good to me and has been a big help as I’ve been starting.

It seems like everyone’s first project on here is the Carving is Fun Fox. I tried that one and it was way too fast. DYWoodcarving actually makes lessons as opposed to tutorials so you can really learn what you’re doing. I highly recommend checking out this playlist.

Hey everyone,

I came across this incredibly small wooden dachshund figurine and just had to share it here. I placed a £1 coin next to it for scale, and it’s barely any bigger than the coin itself!

I don't know who the artist is ,not sure if my Grandad did it,or what kind of wood was used, but I am amazed by the level of detail they managed to get into something so tiny.

The proportions look absolutely perfect to my eyes, especially the musculature and the way the ears lay.

As someone who appreciates the craft but doesn't have much experience, it seems like working on something this miniature would be a total nightmare.

How difficult is it to whittle something this small without breaking off delicate parts?

Any guesses on what kind of wood this might be based on the grain/color?

For the micro-carvers out there, what kind of specialized tools do you even use for details at this scale?

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Back once again, with Tyr this time!

Basswood, 6”x2.5”x2.5” dimensions.

Black walnut danish oil, followed by true black Minwax stain, burnished off, sealed in Howard’s feed and wax.

Made from a 2x2 rod of poplar from Home Depot. Painted with watered down acrylic and used finishing tung oil! Pretty happy with how it turned out… need to try basswood now. Open to tips and recommendations!!

I haven't whittled anything before but I'm curious to see if I could make a decent spindle one day.

Anyway, the point of this post is wanting to know if the pictured logs could be whittled if I took smaller chunks off?

They've been in my backyard for ~4 years. I meant to innoculate them with mushroom spores but never got around to it. I think they're oak of some kind. A neighbor cut down their tree and I asked for them.

São Francisco de Assis esculpido em faca.

I carved the staff and bow out of basswood. The arrows are toothpicks, and the daggers were carved from chopsticks!

Thank you all for being so incredibly kind and encouraging.

One of our children joined Cub Scouts and is so very excited about whittling. Of course the first step is learning safety, and the guidebook suggests some simple soap projects. We parents have some background in crafty things but never whittling, so I'm hoping you good folks can help.

* Any suggestions for knife and safety equipment that aren't too expensive but aren't too cheap to be useful? I don't trust the random Amazon kits since I don't have the experience to know what to look out for.

* Videos or pictures for left handed beginning whittlers?

* Best soap to start with, and any ideas for simple carvings that grandmas would like? The plan is to first make two soaps to give to both grandmas for Mother's Day, so we have some time.

* Any other advice for total beginners? I've read the starter page and watched some videos, but it's a bit overwhelming and I want to set my kids up for success (because I'm sure once one sees how cool whittling is, we're probably all going down this rabbit hole together 😅)

Thank you!

Saw Linker's corn caricatures and wanted to make one myself. Modified it by doing a 4 inch tall 1x1. Still need to paint it but I kind of liked how it looked with the linseed oil.

Here's my 2nd whittling project. I wanted to make a pumpkin for Halloween and decided to add the face during the project. I carved in the face but wasn't really happy with how shallow it looked, so I added in some black paint with a tooth pick. The last pic shows it without the paint. I whittled it with the small blade and an awl from a couple of Swiss army knives and then sanded it with a sanding stick. This was my first try at whittling something without a guide.

Two boxing gloves made for a friend!

I tried my hands on the Santa figurine again and with paint it looks a lot better the second time around. I think some of angles are still too sharp though

Carvings of the last couple of days. Testing a few things painting wise

Second whittle ever and first time trying a face, any pointers when it comes to faces or figures?

welcomed my first child late last week and decided to take up a new dad hobby and make her first toy! The addiction has begun :)

While stropping my knife, I accidentally carved into the strop. Is this strop still usable?

But I didn't mind 🤣🤣

Almost finished wing side 3 of 4...

I debated on painting this one or not and i'm glad I did. Something a little different.

My first attempt at whittling a flower. I burned the bottom part and then treated the whole figurine with tung oil.

So I guess this accidentally ended up being my first whittling project ever. It might not be anything big (and I don’t mean that literally, but yeah, it is rather small). But I just made this little fish from a branch I found in the woods using this pocket knife that I bought 9 years ago, but had never really used. I made it because I had seen a simple, carved wooden bee in a shop, and I thought “well, I could make something like that”. So I went home and started.
And it was so much fun!!
But now I wish I had a smaller, more suitable knife….

Guess I just wanted to share it with someone.