A couple of jobs I finished today

[ronnyrocket]

I don't know about the U.K. but, in the U.S., their is a place in California called "Bailey's" and they sell all manner of woodcutting instruments, tools, accessories for logging, woodcutting, sawing, chopping, etc. etc. They're a huge outfit. They specialize in Kits to convert any general purpose saw into a Carving saw. However, I'm in favor of your idea, It don't have to be a "Carving saw" to have fun and get a good start.

[openboater]

Carvings with a standard bar & chain.

The double helix is a bit of a cheat as I did use a carving bar to finish it but the first ones I did like that were with a standard saw, they just took a bit longer and I don't have any pics of them

[Nic Johnson Contracting]

good work i carved a chair out of a leylandii stump but not done anything else because i thought i needed a carving bar to make it easier as theirs less chance of kick back because of the pointed tips i wanted to do a bear to start with and see how it turns out

[openboater]

I've not got as far as bears yet, I'm comfortable with geometric type stuff that doesn't need to be proportionally acurate or simple shapes that can't go too far wrong. Good luck, let's see it when it's done.