Ended BYC's 2022 Spooktacular Halloween Hatch-Along—Pumpkin Carving Contest

[the_peanut_coop]

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This scene is my profile picture!! Very cool

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Not an entry but the scariest pumpkin I’ve seen in a while

 

[pickaflower]

This scene is my profile picture!! Very cool

Thank you! Love your picture- Nightmare Before Christmas is awesome!

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Thank you! Love your picture- Nightmare Before Christmas is awesome!

It is definitely one of my favorite movies

 

[Kiki]

I have a question for you serious carvers out there - can you recommend a set of sturdy tools that won't bend or break like those common orange ones everybody seems to be selling in October? Those are really frustrating to work with, and I end up having to replace them pretty much every year.

Kitchen knives are better than the pumpkin tool junk.

 

[K0k0shka]

We’ve used little saws from my husband’s shop similar to this, and there’s a handle that hold skinny skill saw blades as well. Just be
sure to clean well and oil after.
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Good tip, thanks!

 

[K0k0shka]

Kitchen knives are better than the pumpkin tool junk.

Nope, I’m not going back to kitchen knives, ever. They are much harder to push through the pumpkin, as they have more drag from the wider surface area, they are incredibly imprecise - can’t get any detail work done with them, and they tend to split the pumpkin. Maybe if you are hacking really simple, rudimentary designs into a sturdy, large pumpkin, and you have a lot of arm strength, it could work. But I’m going for cool, detailed designs, and I need precision. Not to mention that I’m getting into surface carving now, too, and you just need the right tools for that.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

 

[SueT]

Good tip, thanks!

I used the wrong word, the little skinny blades are jig saw blades. They can cut all your small details. Anyway, you can get a handle and use them by hand instead of in a power tool.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have a question for you serious carvers out there - can you recommend a set of sturdy tools that won't bend or break like those common orange ones everybody seems to be selling in October? Those are really frustrating to work with, and I end up having to replace them pretty much every year.

I just got these off amazon this year, i too was tired of the cheezy handles and bending blades. They worked well. Only complaint is i wish it had a smaller jigsaw blade in it for the small stuff.

Professional Halloween Pumpkin... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B77JDTCN?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share