Stickmaking Handbook: Second Edition

Jones, Andrew; George, Clive

ISBN 10: 1784940984 / ISBN 13: 9781784940980

Editore: GMC Publications, 2016

pp. 120. Codice articolo 18374597485

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This handbook is a fantastic introduction to the wonderful world of creating a wide range of traditional walking sticks, market sticks and crooks and features 21 projects in total. Suitable timbers are covered in detail, as well as alternative materials such as ram's horn, antler, buffalo and cow's horn. Techniques and tips on straightening sticks, fitting handles and fixing a ferrule are thoroughly explained. This book also discusses seasoning timbers, shaping, carving and shanking handles, as well as a wide range of colouring and finishing methods.

Informazioni sull'autore: Andrew Jones Born into a farming family, Andrew has spent the whole of his working life farming in west Wales. An uncle cultivated his interest in making sticks and encouraged him to enter his work in local craft shows. He makes a wide range of sticks, but it is his specialities horn crooks and Cardigan walking sticks which regularly earn him top honours at major competitions throughout Wales. He and his wife live near Lampeter. Clive George After a career in the Civil Service, Clive took early retirement in 1993 and, having bought a smallholding, went on to buy a few sheep to go with it. He owns a small flock of purebred Llanwenog sheep (named after the west Wales parish where he and his wife live) which he shows successfully in his locality. A life-long interest in stickmaking, and a fortuitous meeting, led him to collaborate in the production of this book. Also Available 9781861085221 Stickmaking: A Complete Course

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Titolo: Stickmaking Handbook: Second Edition
Casa editrice: GMC Publications
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New
Edizione: seconda edizione