"Cliff H" wrote in :


"Huntley K Williams" wrote in message
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What is a good wood for a beginner to carve?


I assume you mean balsa but I think basswood has always been the choice for
carvers.

Indeed it has. My father-in-law took up carving as a retirement hobby about thirty years ago,
and is amazingly good at it. Some time I'll post pics of some of his work.

Anyway... he's carved one piece in walnut, one in beech, and one in catalpa, that I know of. As
far as I know, everything else -- hundreds of pieces -- is basswood.