Hand Carving Your Own Walking Stick by David Stehly

Learn to carve beautiful, wildlife-inspired walking sticks with this informative and easy-to-follow book. Included is useful information on harvesting and curing wood, plus advice on getting the best finishing results with paints, stains, varnishes, acrylics and woodburning. 

Award-winning woodcarver David Stehly walks the reader through the entire process of making artisan-quality sticks, staffs and canes that are as functional as they are beautiful. Twelve step-by-step wood carving projects and ready-to-use patterns make it easy to get started in this relaxing and rewarding hobby. An inspirational color photo gallery illustrates many of the author’s spectacular projects, including sticks adorned with lifelike lizards, magnificent bighorn sheep, leaping trout and many more. There's also a special focus is on carving realistic snakes that wrap around the sticks, all carved from a single piece of wood.

• Paperback
• How to harvest and cure your own wood
• Step-by-step projects
• Color photo gallery
• 72 pages
• Dimensions: 11"H x 8.5"W

ISBN: 9781565238978