The Shipcarver's Handbook

The classic text on carving sternboards, billetheads, trailboards, eagles, dolphins, rope borders, a variety of letter styles, and more. Learn design, and lettering, set-up and carving techniques, the best woods to use, tools and sharpening, finishing, plus gold leafing. This is a well-illustrated guide, that will inspire both the amateur and the professional. The late Jay Hanna was a carver for over 40 years, whose work continues to hang in museums. Originally published as The Marine Carving Handbook. Table of Contents: An Old and Honored Art Woods for Marine Carving First Tools and a First Project Sternboards Banner and Ribbon Ends Dolphins Rope Borders Billetheads and Fiddleheads Trailboards Stern Eagles and Other Birds Other Uses of Decorative Carvings Finishes Tools and Sharpening by Jay Hanna 108 pp., hardcover 7 x 10" ISBN # 0-937822-14-0