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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Whittling Projects Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Approach to Carving Wood Figures with Basic Knife Tools

Whittling Projects Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Approach to Carving Wood Figures with Basic Knife Tools

Lynch, Brandi

Paperback

CarvingGeneral Wookworking

ISBN13: 9798189741142
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 29 2026
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Five figures. Four cuts. One knife. One soft block of basswood, a comfortable chair, and a single quiet hour at the kitchen table are the whole of what this book asks a beginner to bring to the very first cut.

Most whittling guides hand a beginner a spoon or a bowl and hope a recognizable figure turns up later. This book does the opposite from its first page. It teaches figures directly, and it sets a short technique chapter before every project, so no cut or grip ever arrives on the page unpracticed.

From Perching Bird to Standing Farmer

  • Carve five figures in careful sequence: a bird, a gnome, a fox, an old man, and a farmer
  • Build every one of them from the same four cuts: the push, the pull, the stop, and the sweep
  • Read the wood grain before each cut so the blade slices clean instead of tearing the fibres
  • Hold the knife in two safe grips that keep the edge travelling away from your bracing hand
  • Block a face from three simple planes, then set it from calm to curious with a few small cuts
  • Suggest fur, a beard, or hair with adjustable texture lines you control by depth and spacing
  • Layer carved clothing, add a relief accent, and mount a finished figure onto its own base

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