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Stick Making

by Andrew Jones, Clive George
 

An introduction to the art and craft of making traditional walking sticks, market sticks and crooks, this text comprises 22 projects. These reflect the diversity of knob handles, round handles, nose-in and nose-out handles, Cardigan sticks, thumb sticks and carved-head sticks. Some of the topics covered include: how to choose suitable stick-making timber; where to find suitable timbers; seasoning woods; shaping, carving and shanking handles; colouring and finishing; the properties of ram's horns, antlers and cow horn; one-piece and two-piece sticks; and ornamental carved sticks.

 
Published June 1998, 155 pages, softcover.
Guild of Master Craftsmen, ISBN 1861080832.

Categories: Projects, Techniques, Stickmaking

 
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