The pinecone

It's a sad demise for the pinecone. I talked to my mentor and he said that I should just give it up and not work on it.
He said:
1. Is this basswood? Hmmm I think so. It came out of a grab bag box so it might not be premium wood. But I still think it's basswood.
It's too hard and I will really struggle to chip it out.
2. The triangles all run cross grain and typically a chip carving is done mostly with the grain.
3. The pinecone is curved and it's much harder to chip carve on a curved surface.

So bye bye pineapple.
One of the carvers is sharpening my bench knife for me. Hopefully it will be back in my hands on Friday.