Whittling the Country Bear & His Friends: 12 Simple Projects for Beginners (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Instructions & Easy-to-Use Patterns for Bears, Moose, Beavers, & Rabbits; 180 Photos

I have made eight of the projects so far. But the only way I can count 12 projects is to count “painting” as one project. The book also comes with an additional pattern that can be downloaded from the publisher. The first bear project was very clear with nice photos and descriptions. The author did use some tools that I don’t have yet (gouges and large V-tool), but I could do all the basic cuts with the knives that I do have. Two projects are just variations on the basic bear (Christmas and patriotic “United States 4th of July” theme). My favorite ones are the “cub in a stump” and the “well dressed moose”

Easy carvings perfect for beginners, nice templates. Have completed Barry, Ma, and Pa bear, and the well dressed moose. All are fun to carve and look great after I dip them in the Linseed oil ( which I have used for all my carving for quite awhile. Tip if you are preparing the Linseed oil finish, dissolve the Raw Umber oil paint in mineral spirits first so it will mix well.

Great directions and photos

Pretty thin

What an incredible book this is!! I did the follow along project, Barry the bear, as a gift for my sis, and she LOVES it! Such great projects. And, via THIS author, i FINALLY know both how to PROPERLY paint my whittlings in what's called a "wash" technique, and, something else to finish them with (boiled linseed oil), that i like much better than the polyurethane i'd been using since i started doing pocketknife whittling in 1994. 😊

I have a lot of carving books from different authors but all the ones I have by Mike Shipley is above all others. The best ones are “Whittling the Old Sea Captain”, “Whittling Country Bear” & “Whittling Country Folk”. All are written very well with good detailed instructions & good patterns. I would definitely recommend his books.

Good reference book with patterns of bears. Shipley did a good job on this book with plenty of patterns and instructions. Carvings have been very enjoyable to do. I want to do them all!

A good book. I review books for carvers based on quality of photographs/drawings, clarity of text, number of actual useful project drawings and quality of exposition of the projects that are fully detailed. Most books of this sort do one project from beginning to end and then give you medium to poor quality drawings for the rest of the projects that are claimed to be included. No so with this and the other Shipley books, several complete projects and all the drawings are well executed. A good and useful book.

I've never used it but it looks great

spiegazioni chiare, ha soddisfatto le mie asspettative

Ras

Habe nach der Anleitung geschnitzt und es hat super geklappt

The item arrived earlier than expected, a wonderfully illustrated book with detailed instructions for whittling and painting these amusing characters. I would thoroughly recommend buying this product.