carved lake trout

  • buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    March 20, 2017 at 9:58 am #1682480

    Hi Guys, I wanted to post a picture for you trout guys… This is a lake trout carved in black walnut. The side shown is the outside (sapwood) section of the tree. I really like how the contrast of colors and grain shows on this side. The other side is all chocolate grain walnut. So kind of boring to me. I used an old section of red cedar for the base. She turned out great. The fish is 35 inches long.. Maybe a 36-37 if you pinched the tail )

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    1. lake-trout-black-backround.jpg

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    March 20, 2017 at 10:35 am #1682495

    Whoa, that is awesome.

    buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    March 20, 2017 at 11:03 am #1682505

    Thanks guys! I appreciate it. This one was a fun carving to do. I will say these fish are a lot more time consuming than doing a bear, eagle, ect… But once done I feel it was worth the work. I will dig up a photo of the other side also and post it. It was a really nice piece of wood and did not pull a check/crack at all. I was really lucky there.

    Youbetcha
    Anoka County
    Posts: 2829
    March 20, 2017 at 12:12 pm #1682521

    Wow that looks amazing. that was for sure the right choice of wood! very nice character to the piece waytogo

    tegg
    Hudson, Wi/Aitkin Co
    Posts: 1450
    March 20, 2017 at 12:14 pm #1682522

    Buschman,
    Quick question. Do you carve the fins separately or is the carving a single piece? One of my uncles used to do some carving and would always carve the fins separately. He said, otherwise they were too easy to break.

    Alagnak Pete
    Lakeville
    Posts: 346
    March 20, 2017 at 12:27 pm #1682524

    Holy balls you are getting good!

    gonecribbin
    reads landing MN
    Posts: 517
    March 20, 2017 at 12:34 pm #1682526

    Thats Awesome, how many hours do you have into it?

    buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    March 20, 2017 at 12:55 pm #1682531

    Thanks again Guys!
    I carved the peck and pelvic fins separate and glue them in. The others are carved in and left a little thick because of that sap wood. It is brittle but looks really cool left in.

    I would say somewhere around 40 hours total. From picking up the piece of wood to the final coat of finish. It goes from a log to a fish in under an hour but every step of detail take me a bit. Even the base for this one was almost a carve in itself. My wife still tells me it takes longer than I admit to )

    Here is the other side to the fish. Nice as well but I favor the sap wood side.

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    1. laker-heart-side-1.jpg

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    March 20, 2017 at 1:02 pm #1682536

    Wow…..that’s a great carving.

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6013
    March 20, 2017 at 1:08 pm #1682537

    Nice work there, Joe!

    -J.

    Jake
    Brainerd
    Posts: 184
    March 20, 2017 at 1:11 pm #1682538

    Wow, that’s ridiculous! Nicely done!

    bigpike
    Posts: 6259
    March 20, 2017 at 8:11 pm #1682611

    That is a wonderful piece.

    Outdraft
    Western Wi.
    Posts: 1149
    March 20, 2017 at 8:46 pm #1682621

    That is very impressive !!!

    Buckeye86
    Inactive
    Posts: 95
    March 21, 2017 at 6:33 am #1682647

    Holy sh!/ dude that’s amazing I’ll take one!

    IceNEyes1986
    Harris, MN
    Posts: 1292
    March 21, 2017 at 8:47 am #1682683

    Wow!! That looks awesome! Nice Work!!

    CBMN
    North Metro
    Posts: 968
    March 21, 2017 at 9:18 am #1682694

    Amazing work Joe.

    I like the little JB brand on the base also.

    buschman
    Pool 2
    Posts: 1752
    March 21, 2017 at 9:34 am #1682702
    CBMN wrote:

    I like the little JB brand on the base also.

    Good eye! My buddy gave me the idea for the signature.. I liked it and was easy to carve in so went with that.

    I appreciate everyones comments.

    gary d
    cordova,il
    Posts: 1125
    March 21, 2017 at 6:51 pm #1682868

    ido-pic-002.jpg

    mr-special
    MPLS
    Posts: 696
    March 23, 2017 at 8:54 am #1683281

    thats super cool, keep up the great work

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