Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Whittling Book, Gift Edition: Fun, Easy-to-Make Projects with Your Swiss Army Knife

With this well-illustrated guidebook and a trusty Swiss Army Knife, readers will be ready to whittle wherever they go.

World-famous whittler Chris Lubkemann shows how to carve 43 useful and whimsical objects using nothing more than a stick and an Original Swiss Army® Knife. Chris offers step-by-step instructions for all the traditional whittling favourites like spoons, forks, and flowers, plus some decidedly funny animals and the classic curly tail rooster. He also provides sage advice on how to choose wood, sharpen a blade, and safely control your knife.

Published in collaboration with Victorinox® AG, makers of the Original Swiss Army Knife. Inside Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Whittling Book, Gift Edition: Getting Started: Choosing a Knife, Sharpening and Honing, Basic Cutting Stroes, Wood, Other Tools and Supplies; Branch Animals: The Ideal Wood Fork, Owl, Alligator, Horse Pen, Bird; Easy Utensils & Tools: Knife, Fork, Knitting Needles, Crochet Hook, Spoon; Toys: Whimmy Diddle, Bow and Arrow, Sailboat; Curl Creations: The Ideal Knife Blade Bevel, Wet vs. Dry Wood, Carving Curls, Flower, Tree, Rooster, Heron, Roadrunner, Squirrel; Simple But Stunning: Table Art, Utensil and Jewelry Trees, Simply Slices: Coasters, Checkers, Necklaces, Tic Tac Toe, Magnets, Napkin Rings.

Chris Lubkemann is the author of five best-selling whittling books from Fox Chapel Publishing, including The Little Book Of Whittling and Big Book Of Whittle Fun. A child of missionaries, Chris Lubkemann grew up in the forests of Brazil and Peru, where he developed an appreciation for knives and entertained himself and others by handcrafting rafts, tree houses, traps, and slingshots from scrap wood. Since that time, he has continued to integrate his woodworking skills with good old-fashioned fun. Chris has carved some of the world's smallest branch carvings, and his smallest branch rooster was given a Guinness World Record Certificate. Chris currently demonstrates whittling as the resident woodcarver at the Amish Farm and House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.