These are Basswood blanks for carving your own Santa ornaments - they are intended to be carved as no-see-um's - meaning with hat covering the eyes
All blanks are of a similar shape, but not the exact shape, cut from Basswood, each are about 4 inch to 5 inch high, about 1 3/4 inches wide. They are thickest at the nose and taper from about 3/4 inch thick to almost nothing at the beard tip. Some will have the ball on the left, the right or the top and some have no ball tassel.
You do NOT receive the painted ornament. Note the painted ornament location of the hat, mustache, mouth and tassel location may vary from those of the blanks you get as every set of blanks I do vary some - but a pattern has been drawn on MOST of them - feel free to carve them your way.. The actual blanks you receive are not pictured as I sell these locally as well. The ones you receive will be substantially the same. You will receive a picture of the painted one.
If you want pictures of the actual blanks you will receive eBay message me and await my reply before ordering.
Tools I use to carve this are a knife, 1/4 inch #9, a 3/16 inch V tool, and a 1.5 mm U gouge for the fur on hat or if I am doing several at once I use the Dremel with a diamond ball for the fur. I don't use a pattern, hand drawing each design on the wood and then cutting out the shape so each one is slightly different in design and size.
Note: You have 2 options on the drop down list above
Option 1 - You will be receiving 9 blanks. - The 9 blanks you will receive will be similar to those shown in the picture but not the actual ones, as I sell them locally as well.. You do NOT receive the painted ornament, you do not receive a partially carved blank. You will receive a picture of the painted one.
Option 2 - You will be receiving 6 blanks total which will include one blank that has been partially carved - the 6 blanks you will receive will be similar as shown in the picture but not the actual ones as I sell them locally as well. You will receive a picture of the painted one. I you want a picture of the actual blanks you will get message me and await reply before ordering.
You will NOT be receiving the finished painted Santa Ornament shown in the left picture, that is for reference only.
If you would like a few images of the carving process used to carve these Santa Ornaments, send me a message after you have ordered them and I will email them to you.
If quantity available is "0" send me an eBay message and I will get more cut out for you.
Questions or want some different # of blanks? contact me via eBay messages.