Carving Wildfowl Canes and Walking Sticks with Power (Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers)

Learn to create beautiful, lifelike wildfowl cane handles with power tools with this step-by-step guide. Over 145 clear color photographs illustrate each step, from carving the blank and setting the eyes to texturing feathers and painting the completed handle. Every tool necessary is described and displayed in detail. Instructions appear for procuring, sizing, and fastening shafts to the finished handles. Patterns are provided for fifteen cane handle projects: the American Flamingo, Bald Eagle, Brown Pelican, Cardinal, Cooper's Hawk, Great Blue Heron, Horned Puffin, Leghorn, two Mallards, Red Breasted Merganser, Ring-Necked Pheasant, Sandhill Crane, Tundra Swan, and the Wood Duck. This book will be a challenge to the novice and a joy to the expert carver. Read more