Hand Carving Walking Sticks

– or – Carving Your Own Walking Stick

Hand Carving Walking Sticks. Learn to carve beautiful wildlife theme walking sticks with this easy-to-follow book. The book includes information on harvesting wood in addition to advice on finishing. Suggestions are also offered on paints, stains, varnishes, acrylics, and woodburning.

David Stehly walks the reader through the entire process of making quality sticks. Furthermore, these sticks, staffs and canes are as functional as they are beautiful. Step-by-step projects and patterns make it easy to get started in this hobby. An color photo gallery presents many of the author’s spectacular projects. Sticks adorned with lifelike lizards, magnificent bighorn sheep, leaping trout, and many more. Finally, special focus is on carving realistic snakes that wrap around the sticks, from a single piece of wood.

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Chipping Away offers a wide spectrum of more than 200 project books and several hundred patterns. Furthermore, they offer practical plans and ideas for carvers at all levels of expertise.

The authors provide a detailed yet easy-to-follow introduction to carving tools and how to use them. There are also helpful hints and expert advice on painting and finishing. woodcarving as gifts. We have a number of books devoted to carving birds and waterfowl. Abundantly illustrated with literally thousands of photographs and detailed line drawings. Our woodcarving books are a wealth of information and inspiration.