Game Bird Carving (Hardcover)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Winchester Press; 3 edition (March 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0832904392
• ISBN-13: 978-0832904394
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #369,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of information from first cut to final strokes., November 18, 1997

By A Customer

Burke's "Game Bird Carving" should be considered one of the all-time best how-to manuals. Informative, easy to read text, clear photographs, and most important; an easy to follow color blending method helps neophytes and experienced woodcarvers alike develop basic to advanced wildfowl carvings. As an instructor and carver for over twenty years, Game Bird Carving was the first carving book I bought. I still consider it a valuable reference.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The decoy carvers "Bible", April 15, 2000

By	Bill Humphreys (Blackwater Decoy Company) - See all my reviews

The decoy carvers "Bible" just about sums up what can be said of this book. If you carve decorative wildfowl, songbirds, or hunting decoys you MUST have this book. I use this book every day in my shop and painting studio. I use it so much I bought an extra copy so I wouldn't have to carry it back and forth any longer. Perfect for the beginner, intermmediate, or advanced carver. Every professional carver that I'm aware of references this book. No book before or after has covered the art of the counterfit bird as comprehensively as this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Old But Not Forgotten: Game Bird Carving with Bruce Burk, January 10, 2002

By A Customer

Bruce Burk's "GAME BIRD CARVING..." explains the bird carving process in a detailed, logical and understandable sequence. It is well illustrated, but unfortunately all photos are black & white.
Another negative is the book's age, making a few of the procedures a bit dated by recent developments in materials.
Overall, however, the book remains a solid reference for the bird carver, worth purchasing for its historical and practical value including a thorough listing of gamebird dimensions (lengths, widths, wingspans, etc.) in the appendix.