I have never carved anything except a point on a stick. That said, I want to try my hand at carving some decoys for my boy to use. That said, I want to start with a local wood that would be fairly easy to work with and readily available. I dont want to spend a lot of money on wood that I know will be the recipient of a huge amount of learning mistakes. I live in southwest Georgia. Would it be worth going to one of the big box stores and get some “whitewood” and gle some together to make some blocks? Any advice would be appreciated.
Wood for a newbie
- Thread starter Wxton
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probably your best bet would be to go to a local lumber yard and ask. In Kansas I could get real nice surface 2 inch basswood. I was real nice for carving. Here in Idaho woodcraft is about all we have for carving wood and they charge a lot. I don't know what kind of wood you have available there, sugar pine is one of my favorites, some carve cottonwood and white cedar. I've carved a lot of clear white pine, it's about the only thing that's affordable here. I made this bufflehead out of one inch white pine from home depot, glued together with waterproof gorilla glue ultimate. I've hunted it several years. It's hollowed all the way into the head up to the bill.
