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Over 180 color photos and concise text take the reader through all the tools, techniques, and individual steps, for carving life-like animal-head canes with power tools. From choosing the blank and setting the eyes to texturing the fur and painting the finished handle, you learn all the steps. Fifteen different

Put your wood carving skills to practical use! This must-have book features 13 wood carving projects with step-by-step instructions and photography for creative and elegant walking sticks. Including projects for both intermediate and advanced wood carvers, painting and finishing instructions are provided, as well as helpful information on types of

Over 145 clear color photographs illustrate each step required to create beautiful, lifelike waterfowl cane handles with power tools. Patterns are provided for fifteen different cane handle projects, ranging from the American Flamingo to the Wood Duck. Also included are instructions for procuring, sizing, and fastening proper cane shafts to

Fabulous pen and ink sketches showcase a wide variety of canes, staffs and pipes along with carving tips and notes.

This book aims to bring to life a picture of a bygone era, a time when ‘the cane was king’, simulating an age which the only film, theatre, literature and imagination can recreate. In this way, I wish to educate further the student, collector, historian and researcher in how the