Complete Starter Guide to Whittling: 24 Easy Projects You Can Make in a Weekend (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner-Friendly Step-by-Step Instructions, Tips, and Ready-to-Carve Patterns for Toys & Gifts

I love this book. I am going to try and do each of the products in here.

Good quality. Great pics. Seems to be giving good guidance and well organized. It was a gift and I’m just telling you what I’ve seen and understand from looking through it thoroughly before gifting.

Great buy for those looking to get into this hobby. Loads of beginner information is inside. Knife guide, hiw to chose a peice of wood, beginner cuts and methods are included. This book isn't going to make you a whittling champion but will give you a solid foundation to get there.

Boys and their toys! This year I heard that my Granddaughter was getting wood carving/whittling tools for her husband and two sons (34, 10 and 8 respectively). So I decided that all the "boys" should have something along those lines. :) This book and the wood carving kit that my Grandson and Grandson-in-law had under the tree were a big surprise ... and exciting gift, if the responses were true! Come the spring thaw, big and not so big boys will be sitting around the campfire sharing ideas. Btw, the girls will be there, too. Lol. This book has lots of ideas for beginners of all ages. I can't wait to see what they all do!

Nice beginner book for wood carving. Got this for my son's birthday.

I got the book just over an week ago and I’ve already tackled a few projects. And I’ve already started feeling like I’m creating cool woodsy handcrafts, like these pencil Santas and a “fiveMinute Wizard.” And I have ZERO previous wood carving experience.They start out with really good info on knives, sharpening, protection, and the few basic cuts that you build on over time.I’m using just a regular couple of pocket knives so far-a swiss army “climber” and a Buck for big cuts- but I did order finger protection along with the book. I also already have a wood burner, so adding this detail was straightforwards.My only gripe with the book is that a couple of the projects are reealllllly not “complete beginner” stuff. Unless you have carpentry tools and are looking to add “whittling” to your skill set, you aren’t really going to have a bandsaw to make the musical frog or table saw to cut a square blank into two triangular ones…but the vast majority of projects are just a knife and some wood.Bottom line-big fan, highly recommended.

I bought this guide on whittling for my 11-year-old son, who was excited to try wood carving for the first time. Unfortunately, we were both disappointed. The book claims to be beginner-friendly, but the instructions are not detailed enough and can be hard to follow, especially for someone new to this hobby. There aren’t enough step-by-step explanations or clear visuals to really guide a beginner through the projects. It might work better for someone with some prior experience, but as true beginners, we felt lost and frustrated. I was hoping for something that broke down the basics more thoroughly and provided clearer, more beginner-focused guidance.

Very useful