OT: Grandpa Boxes carvings

[bigboxes]

As many of you know, last month I said goodbye to my mother. While I was there, I tasked myself with documenting everything. On one wall in a living area near the front of her house, I found a mass of hand-carvings. These were made by my grandfather, Herman F. Rexilius, that is my father's father. He was quite the talented carver. I have a 100-year old Savage .22 that has the stock and slide hand-carved by him as well as a case for .22 bullets. You can see by the themes put down on wood the love that my grandfather held for this great land. Thought I would share with you guys something so personal and unique. Remember, these were each carved from a single piece of wood. They are dated early to mid 1930's.

Paul Revere's Ride

Our first President

 

[RealTucoSalamanca]

Very cool stuff boxes. He was talented indeed.

 

[BleedHuskerRed]

That man was talented. Thanks for sharing.

 

[timnsun]

Amazing amount of patience to do all of that. Awesome!

 

[planored]

Nice did you bring them back

 

[bigboxes]

Nice did you bring them back

Nope. Everything is still at my mother's place. Sister has possession of those. I've got other stuff.

 

[planored]

Cool

 

[dinglefritz]

amazing what people can do if they aren't glued to cable TV or the internet for hours on end. Man those things took some TIME.

 

[DJ Spanky]

That's some neat stuff! I have my dad's .22 high powered Savage rifle which he used to hunt with. I think it dates back to the 30's. Would love to see a picture of yours with the carvings.