my first attempt at something thats not a mushroom

[Arghshh]

Re: Carving bars, like the bloke above said its normally quite a short bar 12 - 14" with a small radius to the tip, they don't have a nose sprocket so I understand you have to run your chain a touch slacker than normal. You will need a new chain and sprocket for most saws as I think its a 3/8 P Micro chain they run on and the bar will have a smaller overall circumference than a normal bar I imagine = shorter chain.

 

Stihl do their own carving bars and even a carving saw (small light and quite powerful), there are other bars out there, look on google.