re: 1 1/2' Hand carving

I have done that with one other carving but most of the time I carve from a block of basswood. This guy was carved from one block of bass wood and then I needed to cut the arms off so I could carve the fingers and hands in the right direction so he could hold the saddle and rope. I also carve caricatures and if you look at the basswood behind the bottle that became the head of a cowboy sheriff. I will post that carving soon so you can see what it became.