Decoy Carving: Decoy Head Power Carving, Part 1

In this demonstration i'll be "Power Carving" a hen Canvasback decoy head. I use various Kutzall and Saburr tooth bits in my Foredom tool. I'm using white cedar for the wood. It is over sized and carved loosely not paying a lot of real close attention to anatomy. Remember it is just a decoy head. Much more attention to accuracy would be in place if it were for a decoy competition or show.
Back in the early to mid 80's I used to compete in the Head Carving Competition at the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pa. I also competed in other Head Carving contests. We had 1 1/2 hours to hand carve a decoy head using all hand tools, Knives, chisels, wood brace bit, coping saw, etc; Carving with electric grinders is much quicker although you have the dust & noise to contend with. Hope this demo covering the basic procedures helps you in advancing to a higher level! Enjoy! (All music in this demonstration is composed, played, and recorded by: Thomas R. Eye)

[@pepitosbazzeguti5676]

Great work,thank you for sharing

[@larrycrum7060]

Great video!

[@jeremyschott5777]

nice work. thanks for sharing

[@rodmowat6055]

Thank 😊you. Any chance you could share a pattern or two?

[@sandiprajguru3294]

Nice

[@tydavis86]

Thanks for the video. What kind of bits are you using?

[@thomasmccollum7617]

Thanks for watching! Mainly I use Kutzall's and Saburr tooth bits.

[@johnmoffat3441]

What kind of carver is that all the sets I see only hold 1/8 in bit sanding yours looks like1/4 in bits

[@saundersaldridge3033]

Foredom SR

[@cameronjaeger]

I came for the ducks, stayed for the hair metal.

[@8sourdiesel8]

great video, i love the soundtrack! i never thought i would watch more than a few minutes and skip around but i ended up watching it all the way through and found it oddly soothing. where do you get the dimensions from? i want to carve a small head and attach it to an old wooden golf club.

[@vanbrecken8147]

I guess it is kinda off topic but does anybody know a good site to watch newly released series online ?

[@ericjaxtyn5970]

@Van Brecken Try Flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

[@rayamos4681]

@Eric Jaxtyn Yea, have been using FlixZone for months myself :D

[@vanbrecken8147]

@Eric Jaxtyn thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it!!

[@ericjaxtyn5970]

@Van Brecken Glad I could help xD

[@ryanwilkerson6255]

what were the measurements that you were putting on the head

[@markdezuba]

I left 3 minutes into the video because of the garage band music…please

[@manikpatra8398]

What is name of wood?

[@sundayaito2230]

Nice work, but music is too harsh and distracts from work that should be the main focus. Next time try a softer music.

[@jaredhaylock6945]

Sunday Aito nah ... great music

[@jimkaspar8320]

Irritating music. Had to turn off sound but I like the visual portion of the video.

[@markdezuba]

Kill the garage band music…drove me nuts. I left your video at 3 minutes into your video … bye bye

[@lennieknorowski900]

way too long, music drove me away