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New Updated Edition: VOLUME 1
Paperback - 254 pages - GMC Pubs 2002 - ISBN: 1 86108 201 0


CONTENTS:

Introduction

Part I: Understanding Woodcarving Tools

  • Types of Woodcarving tools
  • Blades
  • Handles
  • Carving Tool Faults & their Correction
  • Selecting & Buying Woodcarving Tools
  • Innovations in Carving Tools
  • Care of Woodcarving Tools
Part II: Sharpening Woodcarving Tools
  • Why Carving Tools Need to be Sharp
  • Principles of Sharpening
  • Equipment:Grinders
  • Equipment: Oilstones & Strops
  • The Process of Sharpening
  • Alternative Sharpening Stones
  • Electrical Sharpening Methods
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And more!
The contents of volume 1, in full, span over three complete pages,
such is the breadth and depth of information.

 
See Volume 2
 

 
I wrote the first edition of this book in 1994 and have since found it called a 'standard reference', even a 'bible'.
I have been delighted by this reception - it was always my aim to help woodcarvers carve to the best of which they are capable and these comments, and others, point to the book's success and usefulness.

This new 2 volume edition does not invalidate any of the information contained in the original, most of which is pretty timeless.
But it is a thorough overhaul of the contents with updating to include new tools and equipment that have appeared on the market. It also expands on valuable techniques such as routing and modelling.

Additionally the whole look is fresh, accessible and re-photographed in colour!
I am sure the resulting two volumes of this book will prove even more indispensible to carvers than the first edition.

Chris Pye

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