1875 Double barrel hammered shotgun tree carving

Tried my hand at a tree carving. Late 19th century shotgun and fishing rod, reel and cover.

Is this a tree on your property and what kind of tree is it? I don't know much about guns or carving, but I thought this was creative and interesting.

I'd like to know what kind of wood it its also, please.

It is on the property of my fishing club. The tree is poplar. I use a Copper II wood preservative which changes the colour of the wood a bit. It was recently finished with two coats of urethane. Poplar is a nice wood. Medium grain can be stained to look like many types of wood. Tree grows fast and dies soon.

It is the small tree to the left. I assisted with large carving. Sort of my apprenticeship. Carver was 72. I moved scaffolding around and used large carbide rotary tool to remove large areas. He used chisels and carved in the round. Large carving 18' tall.

This was carved 4 years ago. Starting to suffer from rot at base. Am trying to preserve the tree until we can cut it down and mount on a concrete pad.

My smaller one was done with chisel, rotary tool and dremel.

That's pretty cool!
Nice work too.
Well done!