Complete Starter Guide to Whittling: 24 Easy Projects You Can Make in a Weekend (Fox Chapel Publishing) Whittling for Beginners with Woodcarving Patterns, Step-by-Step Projects, and Easy Carving Tips
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Start Whittling Today with the Complete Beginner's Guide to Woodcarving If you have ever wanted to carve your own toys, tools, or gifts, Complete Starter Guide to Whittling shows you how to get started with just a pocketknife, a twig, and clear, beginner-friendly instruction. With over 300,000 copies sold , this classic guide has helped more people learn to whittle than any other, and beginners love its easy-to-follow approach. Inside You'll Find: 24 easy, confidence-building projects from fast starters like a flying propeller and 5-minute owl to favorites like a musical frog, slingshot, and the classic ball-in-a-cage Step-by-step tutorials from a team of 12 leading woodcarvers and the editors of Woodcarving Illustrated , with clear photos that guide you from first cut to finished piece Beginner knife skills covering the four essential cuts, safe carving habits, and how to sharpen and care for your blade Photos and ready-to-carve patterns so you can follow along easily and succeed on your very first project Whittling twigs, sticks, and branches lets you carve found wood from your backyard, a campsite, or a nature walk Why this book works: Trusted for over a decade, this guide has introduced more people to whittling than any other book. The projects start simply and gradually build in skill, helping beginners gain confidence while learning the same fundamental carving techniques used by experienced whittlers. You will create toys, useful gifts, and eye-catching display pieces that are fun to make and satisfying to show off. It's ideal for kids, teens, adults, and seniors who want a fun, screen-free craft that builds skills quickly. With just a pocketknife, a twig, and this guide in hand, you'll discover a relaxing hobby you can enjoy anywhere — at home, in the workshop, or around the campfire — no prior carving experience required! Make toys, gifts, and keepsakes in a weekend or less — the only limit is your imagination! Review: Very helpful - It makes whistling easier by teaching the basics and competing projects brings a lot of joy and pride. Review: Good for newbies - Great for some ideas
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 7,473 Reviews |
M**Y
Very helpful
It makes whistling easier by teaching the basics and competing projects brings a lot of joy and pride.
T**R
Good for newbies
Great for some ideas
A**R
It is what it says it is. A starter guide. Not much more.
This is a decent book. It's not great, but it's ok. It does have plenty of the very basic info you would want or need if you're a bare bones beginner. But, the knife/ blade section is all about pocket knives, and doesn't cover any of the other times of knives you might use, like from a wood carving kit. But, it is a "whittling" book, not a wood carving book, so... **shrug** Some of the projects and instructions offered are pretty beginner friendly, and simple, but some are not very beginner friendly, at all. Only a couple of the projects have usable profile patterns, and none have any patterns from anything other than a single profile view. It's a whine, not a true complaint. Considering it's a book, not video, and considering it's a starter GUIDE, it does pretty much everything it can do, or needs to do. It does OK at what it says it is, it just doesn't do it great. Would I recommend it??? Maybe, but I would also recommend trying to find something to supplement it.
T**X
Good value
Easy installation
D**O
Complete Startes Guide to whittling
It was great for my hobby to view some ideas and try to do them in my spare time. I was taking carving classes in my spare time
B**H
All the "boys" are whittling!
Boys and their toys! This year I heard that my Granddaughter was getting wood carving/whittling tools for her husband and two sons (34, 10 and 8 respectively). So I decided that all the "boys" should have something along those lines. :) This book and the wood carving kit that my Grandson and Grandson-in-law had under the tree were a big surprise ... and exciting gift, if the responses were true! Come the spring thaw, big and not so big boys will be sitting around the campfire sharing ideas. Btw, the girls will be there, too. Lol. This book has lots of ideas for beginners of all ages. I can't wait to see what they all do!
D**T
Good information
Lots of good information for learning to whittle with multiple projects to practice the technique
D**Y
This book is A thru Z on Whittling
I had not picked up a whittling knife when I purchased this book. When I first read it I thought how easy it will be. It shows you the basics, the different techniques, how to make the cuts. It shows you how to level your hand, and step by step pictures on each of the very cute projects. Then I tried my first project and failed. My owl looked like it had been thru a world war. I went to a hobby shop and was old my knives were very dull (even though I had sharpened them) and that caused the many slip ups. So blades sharpened correctly I tried again and my owl looked better but still ended in the fire pile. In hindsight don’t do that, save them to remember the first errors. I say all this because the book is awesome and gives perfect instructions but remember to expect that you will need to PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE! Good luck everyone.
D**G
Está simpático
Verdaderamente lo compré porque trabajo con madera y me hizo gracia, pero trae cosas que están curiosas para pasar un buen rato. La unica pega es que viene todo en inglés, pero aunque no lo domines mucho te apañas porque es muy ilustrativo
V**S
Poco util
El libro realmente no trae mucho, los diseños son muy burdos no fueron de mi agrado, realmente no se le puede sacar provecho a este libro
S**R
Craftsmanship.
Everything to know about whittling basic knowledge.
K**S
Un buon manuale per chi vuole cimentarsi nell'intaglio su legno
Ottime e ben descritte idee e progetti d'opere d'intaglio per principianti,con il contributo dei più famosi divulgatori americani del settore. Massimamente consigliato a chi vuole cominciare a scolpire o intagliare figure su legno. Merito ad Amazon di presentare questo titolo ad un prezzo conveniente.
S**H
Bien
Joli livre, mais pas assez 'simple' pour un débutant à mon avis.
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