Traditional stickmaking
Stickmaking is an age-old craft that is just as absorbing and rewarding today as ever. This beautifully illustrated book describes some of the customs and practices used in traditional stickmaking. It encourages beginners to get started with a simple staff or thumb stick, but also explains advanced techniques, such as making sheep and cow horn handles, for the more experienced. Written with careful attention to detail by a prize-winning stickmaker, it is an essential guide to this fascinating c…
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- Full title :Traditional stickmaking / Charlie Walker.
Summary
Stickmaking is an age-old craft that is just as absorbing and rewarding today as ever. This beautifully illustrated book describes some of the customs and practices used in traditional stickmaking. It encourages beginners to get started with a simple staff or thumb stick, but also explains advanced techniques, such as making sheep and cow horn handles, for the more experienced. Written with careful attention to detail by a prize-winning stickmaker, it is an essential guide to this fascinating craft.
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- Publication Date:2016.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):The Crowood Press
- Place of Publication:Ramsbury
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2016.
The Physical Object
- Description:95 pages : : illustrations (colour) ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781785001109, 1785001108
- oclc:ocn958125382
- LC Classification:TT199.7
- Dewey Decimal:684.08
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Getting started -- Selecting, storing, straightening and jointing timber -- Antler handles -- Wooden handles -- Buffalo horn handles -- Sheep and cow horn handles -- Decorated handles -- Further information: Suppliers and organizations.
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