Since I was a child carving pumpkins was something I looked forward to when the weather became colder. Used to use a long bread knife with a serrated blade and my father's bowie knife.
Apparently it began as a tradition among the Irish;
These days I carve several pumpkins with different themes, using a small serrated saw made especially for doing this. I use an exacto knife for accuracy to cut the outside skin and a small dremel, when I first began I carved the traditional grinning and scary pumpkin. Now I carve less traditional ones similar to these:
Do you carve pumpkins at Halloween?
Apparently it began as a tradition among the Irish;
"According to Irish folklore, a man called Jack O’Lantern was sentenced to roam the earth for eternity. A ghostly figure of the night, O’Lantern walks with a burning coal inside of a carved-out turnip to light his way.The original Jack-o-Lanterns, named for Jack O’Lantern of the Irish myth, were actually quite terrifying.They were carved from turnips or beets rather than festive orange pumpkins, and were intended to ward off unwanted visitors."
These days I carve several pumpkins with different themes, using a small serrated saw made especially for doing this. I use an exacto knife for accuracy to cut the outside skin and a small dremel, when I first began I carved the traditional grinning and scary pumpkin. Now I carve less traditional ones similar to these:
Do you carve pumpkins at Halloween?