The Complete Guide to Chip Carving

I bought this book gor my husband as he was making 18th century document boxed to but his genealogy research into for his adult children. He wanted to care the kids and make each of them more personalperdonsl for Echo child as a Chtistmad gift. They turned out besutifulyand are a beautiful keepsake to his children. He says the book was especially helpful. I bought thecstvingkifr tofgoneithit. Great got idea!!!

My dad loves chip carving, so I bought him this for Father's Day. Looking through it, it looks very well written and detailed with how to pictures and designs. It looks to be more for an advanced student, with some really beautiful items to make. There is quite a bit of variety and some unique crafts. I really think he will enjoy it and perhaps make me something out of it. ;)

Wayne had/has a major role in promoting Chip Carving here in the USA. I've taken a Carving and Design Class from him and seen his kitchen with cabinet doors and breakfast nook bench sides chip carved. He's really a GREAT guy! I've now taught Chip Carving at Carving Clubs and the local WoodCraft store for many years.

Really great book for starters in Chip Carving. I have been slowly working my way through this book and it is written in a manner that makes it really easy to follow along and the high quality pictures and examples make it super helpful.

This book is great for beginners to learn some basic techniques and get started in chip carving. Some nice project ideas. My beginning chip carver (age 17) loves it and is inspired to try harder projects. We received some very pretty chip carved Christmas ornaments this year.

Disappointing purchase. The title is grossly misleading, this is more accurately described as the complete dictionary to chip carving. Without any real flow or guidance the book just jumps straight into complicated borders and designs without actually explaining the fundamentals of the craft. The book is ok if you want high gloss pictures of chip carvings far beyond the capabilities of a complete beginner, but even some of those pictures are oddly out of focus or blurry.For the true beginner I would recommend watching YouTube videos. The only truly useful information for a beginner lies within the first 35 pages or so where the author goes into detail on how to correctly hold and position the knives. Lets be serious with ourselves for a minute here though, less than 5 minutes of googling will reveal the exact same information. There is, at no point in the book, any sort of description on how to draw patterns, only on how to trace a pattern. Thanks but I learned how to trace in elementary school, I would much rather have instruction on how to use a drawing compass to design the complicated geometric designs involved in chip carving. After a few days of reading the book and trying to teach myself skills FAR beyond the beginners level I hopped on YouTube and within 30 minutes was making extraordinary progress. Disappointing.

The perfect book for beginners filled with lots of good ideas! I bought it for my brother and he's really enjoying it and has already showed some great work!

My 1 star isn't a reflection of the quality of the book, because I have checked this very item out of my local library several times and absolutely love it. The one star review is in regards to the Kindle scanned edition of this book, as the scan chopped pages in half, many of the pictures were pale or had pixelation, and this made the reading of this beloved book very difficult. I expect better for my money, especially from the biggest corporation on the planet.

Many ideas to try out as well as it is a good guide.

Very pleased , book like new

Come molti libri di Barton anche questo è ottimo, sicuramente una buona guida per principianti anche se forse un po' disorganizzata e a volte con una progressione della difficoltà non proprio lineare. Comunque un buon libro.

Very helpful. The tips and illustrations make the process clear. I particular like the tips on sharpening knives.

Good!