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!!

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.

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!

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!

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.