Popular Post Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Last week we watched an episode of 'Have Gun - Will Travel' in which Quanah Parker was a character. I knew he wasn't fictional, so I looked him up. I just had to do this portrait. The pattern is by Gary Browning and found in his book, "Wild West Scroll Saw Portraits". I enlarged the pattern by 65% to fit an 11" x 14" frame. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and backed with a black mat board. In framing, I used Acrylite, a framing quality plastic. The blades used were FD New Spiral #1 and there are two coats of spray Shellac. Comments welcome. oldhudson, Lucky2, JOE_M and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Very nicely done Denny. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nice cutting of the Chief , Denny !.....Looks rather somber, but then he did have eight wives in his life ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, Scrolling Steve said: Nice cutting of the Chief , Denny !.....Looks rather somber, but then he did have eight wives in his life ! Thanks, Steve. Wow eight wives! I guess I would look like that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nice cutting there Denny. Looks like a few hairy little cuts there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Thanks Ralph. There are three large cut out areas. When cut, I taped them back in place for stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonR Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Very nice Denny Don R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Thanks, Don. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Very nicely done Denny. I have one wife and NO hair, imagine eight Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, GPscroller said: Very nicely done Denny. I have one wife and NO hair, imagine eight Jeff Thanks, Jeff. That would be very hard to imagine! GPscroller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Nicely done Denny..I have also done his portrait..I have the pattern in a book somewhere. A little write up came with it,I must look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 22 minutes ago, Gordster said: Nicely done Denny..I have also done his portrait..I have the pattern in a book somewhere. A little write up came with it,I must look it up. Thanks Gordie. I got the pattern from "Wild West Scroll Saw Patterns" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted May 30, 2017 Report Share Posted May 30, 2017 Just add an "AMEN" to the words above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Great cut you did there Denny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Very nice job. Love your framing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 12 hours ago, Denny Knappen said: Last week we watched an episode of 'Have Gun - Will Travel' in which Quanah Parker was a character. I knew he wasn't fictional, so I looked him up. I just had to do this portrait. The pattern is by Gary Browning and found in his book, "Wild West Scroll Saw Portraits". I enlarged the pattern by 65% to fit an 11" x 14" frame. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and backed with a black mat board. In framing, I used Acrylite, a framing quality plastic. The blades used were FD New Spiral #1 and there are two coats of spray Shellac. Comments welcome. Very characteristic portrait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 You did a great job on Quanah. I cut him years ago, yes you do have to tape a few bits back in to give it stability, there are a couple of hairy bit that can be a bit worrying. Great work. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I found out that Charles Dearing has a pattern also, but I am sure it is much more complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 Looks great, like it. Nicely cut and framed. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 1, 2017 Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 Nice cutting. It is a great example of a wooden portrait. Native Americans are so colorful. Every time I look at one of these old Indian portraits, I feel sad that their culture was stripped from them Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2017 9 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Nice cutting. It is a great example of a wooden portrait. Native Americans are so colorful. Every time I look at one of these old Indian portraits, I feel sad that their culture was stripped from them Dick heppnerguy Living here in TN where the 'Trail of Tears' began, the term 'stripped from them' is very appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Nice cutting Denny thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted June 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Thanks Todd. Nice comments are always appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blights69 Posted June 2, 2017 Report Share Posted June 2, 2017 Ewwwww very nice Denny Thanks for sharing with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 On 2017-5-30 at 1:30 PM, Denny Knappen said: Last week we watched an episode of 'Have Gun - Will Travel' in which Quanah Parker was a character. I knew he wasn't fictional, so I looked him up. I just had to do this portrait. The pattern is by Gary Browning and found in his book, "Wild West Scroll Saw Portraits". I enlarged the pattern by 65% to fit an 11" x 14" frame. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and backed with a black mat board. In framing, I used Acrylite, a framing quality plastic. The blades used were FD New Spiral #1 and there are two coats of spray Shellac. Comments welcome. Hi Denny here is the portrait I did of Quanah Parker...I went way back in my posts to find it.Will search my books to see who made this pattern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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