Stickmaking Handbook [Abridged] [Paperback]

Andrew Jones (Author), Clive George (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2000

An introduction to the art and craft of stickmaking. It presents a range of modern and traditional walking sticks and shepherd's crooks, including one- and two-piece wooden sticks, sticks and crooks in antler and horn, Cardigan sticks and market sticks. Topics covered include: sourcing timber; seasoning wood; adapting material; fitting collars; shaping and shanking handles; decorating; colouring; and finishing. There are step-by-step drawings and colour photographs to illustrate the techniques.

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About the Author

Andrew Jones makes a wide range of sticks. An uncle cultivated his interest in making sticks and encouraged him to enter his work in local craft shows. He lives near Lampeter. Clive George's life-long interest in stickmaking and a fortuitous meeting, led him to collaborate in the production of this book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; Abridged edition (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 186108126X
• ISBN-13: 978-1861081261
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,732,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Playing with sticks can be fun!, May 29, 2000

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K. David Griessmann "DaveG" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stickmaking Handbook (Paperback)

Based on the authors' "Stick Making: A Complete Course." Andrew Jones and Clive George, devote the first chapter of this book going over finding, cutting, seasoning sticks, what types of wood is used, as well as the tools used. They go through everything not only in text but they provide pictures as well.

After the introduction the authors jump you straight into the techniques used in strengthening your sticks to be used in building your projects. The projects outlined range from thumbsticks, walking sticks, wooden crooks, market sticks and much more.

This book shows you how to make specialty head for your canes as well. Providing detailed instruction on a dog's, duck's or a pheasant's head. They

My favorite aspects of this book are the authors' use of providing a lot of diagrams and pictures to help spotlight the amount of detail they write. Also, each project has detailed descriptions of what material is needed and how to shape everything from the wood for the shaft to using bones and horns for the handle. There's no more guesswork on what tool is used to make or do what!

This book is very thought out and it is geared toward the more experienced woodworker. I enjoyed this book and look forward trying my hand at building one. Over all I recommend the purchase of this book.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Are you sure you don't already have it under another title?, March 23, 2003

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Gail Feddern (Tavernier, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stickmaking Handbook (Paperback)

It's the same book as Stick Making, a Complete Course-- except in compact format! So don't make the mistake I did and order both books. ...

Other than that, it's a great little book. So if you don't have the other one, by all means order it; you won't be disappointed!