Post #548153 by laojia on Thu, Aug 12, 2010 11:32 PM

Hey Dave, awesome work for this two marq'! We recognize your style in the first glance.

I allow myself here to a few words to Grand Poobah. For my part, I find that when the grain is represented does not need stain... But it depends crucially on the type of wood, more wood is soft, the fewer need to be sanded. then it is fewer grain. More hard woods and the grain are more pronounced and will be interesting...but harder to carve. Try to find some wood relatively easy to carve with beautiful grain. As such walnut, ash also seems to be a good example, here you don't need stain. White woods(birch, basswood,..) look better with stain, it's just a opinion. For manage the tight spaces, don't sand just a neat cut with good sharpening toolz.
Hope this help!

J.