Lets see those pumpkins

[Il Duce]

[KKing]

I should preface this by saying this is the first pumpkin I've ever carved (that I remember) and it blows my mind the detail some people are able to do with them. This is all me and my pocketknife could come up with.

[2.ooohhh]

[Il Duce]

No one carves pumpkins?

[peejman]

I should preface this by saying this is the first pumpkin I've ever carved (that I remember) and it blows my mind the detail some people are able to do with them. This is all me and my pocketknife could come up with.
 

 

Looks darn good for a first timer and especially with a pocket knife.  :up:

[Guest Broomhead]

Here's the one my daughter and I did.

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[bersaguy]

I use to carve back when my boys were small but now they are the ones carving for their children's children and competing with their children on who can carve the best ones and the children are the judges............ :rock: :rock:

[Erik88]

No one carves pumpkins?

 

sure.....15 years ago.

[Il Duce]

We know you live in the land of old people but that doesnt mean you have to become one

[KKing]

Looks darn good for a first timer and especially with a pocket knife. :up:

Thanks bud. I started with this flimsy saw type thing my wife got in a "pumpkin carving kit" and I broke it, so I went to the trusty knife. Buddy of mine said he uses a 1/4" drill bit in his cordless drill to do his...wish I had thought of that

[jhc77]

These almost gave me carpal tunnel three years ago.  Now I just do the standard pumpkin smiley face. Took'em in the garage to take the pictures on a tripod using night shot setting.

[JWC]

We're pretty plain at my house. I'll admit my art is normally in oils and my canvas is typically a garage floor or my good clothes. Although not up to some of ya'lls standards, my kids (2 & 1) think they're just great and daddy done real real good. Also I'm kinda nostalgic and I like em the way we done em when I was a kid (my pappy was more of an oil painter too, lol)

[JWC]

I will say a Milwaukee cordless jigsaw and drill with a hole saw does a good job. Nostalgic maybe, but not against power tools.

[jcoosi]

This is usually how my carving goes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1QdIxQs4BE8

[Guest Broomhead]

Thanks bud. I started with this flimsy saw type thing my wife got in a "pumpkin carving kit" and I broke it, so I went to the trusty knife. Buddy of mine said he uses a 1/4" drill bit in his cordless drill to do his...wish I had thought of that

The saws work, you just can't force them. Let the saw do the work. Like I told my daughter, its all about moving the saw in and out and less about the other directions.

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[buck1032]

Still working on mine. I will try to get pictures up tomorrow. My son is now a Star Wars fiend so I have done Obi Wan and am working on Yoda.

[RED333]

High speed lead does a good job

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[peejman]

I used to do really elaborate pumpkins, the more gruesome the better.  But when I had kids of my own, I decided some of my creations weren't really appropriate for little kids, so we go with the standard stuff now...

 

 

 

Check out this gallery....  

http://news.yahoo.com/lightbox/mark-ratliff-s-complex-creative-and-cool-pumpkin-carving-1383142264-slideshow/mark-ratliff-pumpkin-carving-photo-1383140169808.html

[Dustbuster]

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[buck1032]

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[Schadenfreude]