Post #676219 by AlohaStation on Wed, May 1, 2013 9:11 AM

Wow - I've been gone for a while and need to give an update. Lost my job in Feb and have found new gameful employment close to home. While my focus has been becoming re-employed, I have started a few new projects and finished others. I'll start with one that I started. Will found some chunks of what appears to be Date Palm(??) and shared a few pieces with me. I dove right in and carved a head out of one chunk. I found the bark easily peeled off and the wood underneath to be extremely wet. That didn't stop me - I carved the full face in about 2 nights. I would compare it to carving a wet apple - it took sharp edges and was easy to shape. Of course once I was done it would have to dry and I let it sit a few days. Cracks started immediately and the following image is what it currently looks like. The small face on top completely shreaded - it will have to be redone. Should I try salvaging or just move on?