Carving Canes & Walking Sticks with Tom Wolfe by Tom James Wolfe

by Tom Wolfe, Douglas Congdon-Martin

Tom Wolfe has been carving canes and walking sticks for almost twenty years. Among the hundreds that he has carved, no two are alike. Each one takes on its own spirit and personality. And each one shows the carver's creativity and skill. Tom introduced his readers to the carving of walking sticks in Tom Wolfe Carves Woodspirits and Walking Sticks. In response to the requests of readers he presents this book devoted to canes and walking sticks. Patterns for eleven figures are included with two of them carved step-by-step. The carver can follow the color photographs of each step, gleaning whatever additional information he or she may need from the concise caption. This is a fun book for all carvers, from the novice to the pro. It continues the long tradition of Tom's creativity., 200 color photos, patterns, gallery, 8 1/2" x 11"

Paperback

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

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An expert woodcarver who lives in North Carolina--not to be confused with novelist Tom Wolfe

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tom Wolfe has an amazing ability to make it all look easy! Canes and the like is not my area of interest in woodcarving right now, but this book is filled with techniques and hints that have a lot of generalizeability for other projects. I have also fiund that, as my skill level increases (very gradually, I'm here to tell ya), my ability to learn from more advanced techniques also develops. Fun, quick read (but much slower if one is actually doing this. I followed along very step-by-step when doing a golfer project, and the book was extremely helpful.