My First Nickle

[BrianPowley]

Everybody has a "first" ,so here's my first nickle carving.
I thought I was done with this,but I think I'm going to keep at it for a little while longer.

 

[ddushane]

Great Job Brian! Dwayne

 

[threefingerdave]

Brian
WOW
that is great!
put that up on ebay my first one sold for 90.00
if you do put it up there make sure you state it is your first
Good job
Dave

 

[monk]

hey, powley man, lookin very nice. esp for a first. this gent is too well dressed and clean cut to be a real hobo .

 

[Billzach]

Brian
Great first carving, Did you use a member of the forum here as the subject?

 

[ArtisanAttributes]

Brian,
Nice First Nickel, I knew it was Lee Griffiths when the picture loaded. Great likeness, he is great guy.

 

[Tira]

Brian - great subject! Has he seen it yet? A terrific guy and a cool coin!

 

[gtsport]

Excellent job, at the rate nickel carvers are coming out, maybe we should unionize? Naah, bad idea. I never liked going to those meetings.

Joe

 

[sdcoxx]

Brian,
Very Nice nickel.....
I look forward to seeing more.....
Thanks for sharing
Stephen

 

[BrianPowley]

Thanks everyone for the Kudos.
I'm going to play with this one a little while longer----work on the background and border,etc.,etc.

Bill, I guess you know who the subject is now. It wasn't a set up. I realize that not everybody has seen a picture of Lee and therefore might not recognize him on a coin.
(And I was also hoping that it would be good enough that somebody would)

Tira, Lee sure is a terrific guy, but he hasn't seen it yet. (I know he's pretty busy in Reno these days)

monk, you're comments are right on the "money" (can I say that?)
(It's also exactly why I called it "My first nickle" and not a Hobo nickle....)

Dave......I probably won't be selling this one......but I like the idea (I love capitalism)

 

[Steve Adams]

Great first carving. Actually you wouldn't know it was a first carving, its that good. Having seen Lee's photo, I recognized him imediately.

 

[Billzach]

Thanks everyone for the Kudos.
I'm going to play with this one a little while longer----work on the background and border,etc.,etc.

Bill, I guess you know who the subject is now. It wasn't a set up. I realize that not everybody has seen a picture of Lee and therefore might not recognize him on a coin.
(And I was also hoping that it would be good enough that somebody would)

Tira, Lee sure is a terrific guy, but he hasn't seen it yet. (I know he's pretty busy in Reno these days)

monk, you're comments are right on the "money" (can I say that?)
(It's also exactly why I called it "My first nickle" and not a Hobo nickle....)

Dave......I probably won't be selling this one......but I like the idea (I love capitalism)

Brian, I was 99.9 sure it was Lee as i have seen a photo of Lee.

 

[mdengraver]

Great likeness!

I also recognized it immediately to be Lee Griffiths. Great job!

 

[coincutter]

good work - if you can pull off the portrait work with a little more finesse you will be very busy
for a first work - you did well
love to see it when its done

 

[Mike Cirelli]

Very nice job Brian.

 

[BrianPowley]

Thanks again to all for the Kudos.
I'll post another photo when I think it is finished.....(I'll bet I fool around with it long enough to screw it up)

 

[BrianPowley]

Well..........I finally finished carving my very first nickle.
Your comments are welcome.

 

[michaelp]

Brian, beautiful job, does this mean Lee is God? just kidding.

 

[Christiaan]

Superb!! Congrats Brian. Lee should be honoured.

 

[Ron Smith]

Brian, I recognized him right away. Lee just got immortalized...........Good Job!! Ron S