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The classic text on carving sternboards, billetheads, trailboards, eagles, dolphins, rope borders, a variety of letter styles, and more. Learn design, and lettering, set-up and carving techniques, the best woods to use, tools and sharpening, finishing, plus gold leafing.
This is a well-illustrated guide, that will inspire both the amateur and the professional. The late Jay Hanna was a carver for over 40 years, whose work continues to hang in museums.
Originally published as The Marine Carving Handbook.
Table of Contents:
An Old and Honored Art
Woods for Marine Carving
First Tools and a First Project
Sternboards
Banner and Ribbon Ends
Dolphins
Rope Borders
Billetheads and Fiddleheads
Trailboards
Stern Eagles and Other Birds
Other Uses of Decorative Carvings
Finishes
Tools and Sharpening
108 pp., hardcover
7 x 10"
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Shipcarver's plans by Jay Hanna.
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