Any Carving Tips On Staunton Style Knights?

[Tom Watson]

I'm taking a whack at one today and wondered who has been down this road before.

Regards,

Tom Watson

[Elrond Hubbard]

Tom Watson wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Start with a block of wood and carve away everything that doesn't look like a Staunton Knight.

Hope this helps,

Scott

[Robatoy]

unlike the more ornate complex ones. Are you doing the whole set, Tom?

[Tom Watson]

Yeah. I'm doing this one:

Tom Watson

[whit3rd]

Usually one turns the head as an eggshape, then cuts (observing grain direction) the eggshape to an oval slab. A file or rasp makes two notches that suggest the horse-head shape.

I did it with steel rods, using a drillpress as a lathe, and a bench grinder for the flattening operation. It's up to you whether to add embellishments, I stopped right there (my Dremel points weren't up to the challenge of carving a proper mane).