Carving the heel and neck

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I worked on the neck thinning the neck to a comfortable thickness and shape.
I also work on the heel and heel cap.
The heel cap was from a bridge blank which was defective due to cracks.
Using the freshly sharpen chisel definitely feels great.
One thing hard was the heel and neck had different direction of runout.
So carving the heel was difficult.
I roughly carved the heel and finish up using my drum sander attachment
All looks good.

Thicknessing the neck.

Mark the shape of the heel cap

Saw away the excess

Shape with my rebate plane

Done.

Shaping the neck

Marking the back of the head

Shaping the back of the head

Heel carved and shaped

Neck roughly done. All is left is sanding to smooth out the carving marks