Post #310518 by Tamapoutini on Sat, Jun 2, 2007 2:01 PM

On 2007-06-02 10:10, tikisam wrote:
hey has anyone ever tried bone carving by hand? if thats even possible in the first place? :D

Very possible; mankind whittled bonez for 10s of 1000s of years before Mr Dremel came along...

There are many carvers in NZ who predominantly use course steel files for their main shaping tool & then clean & crisp the shape with hand-held 'gravers' (often homemade from old metal-lathe bits, pushed into a small wooden handle. quite small & used in the palm of your hand) The finish is incredibly smooth; I know one carver who does no sanding whatsoever as his finish is spot on after using the gravers (although I think sanding helps to stop the bone getting too dirty/grubby)

Hope this helps.

T3 :)