StNicholas [serial] . INTRICATE LINKED CHAIN.(Photograph from Mr. Day Allen Willey. From whittling by F. Clay.) lovers find many uses for a sharp it the smaller parts of plants may be dissec-ted, samples of woods may be selected andsmoothed to show the grain, souvenirs may becut and carved. The woodsman, especially theNew England woodsman, is proverbially a whit-tler, and through practice he becomes exceedinglyexpert in the use of the implement. For thosewho do especially skilful whittling, the favoritestunts are to make concentric rings withincubes of wood, to originate
StNicholas [serial] . INTRICATE LINKED CHAIN.(Photograph from Mr. Day Allen Willey. From whittling by F. Clay.) lovers find many uses for a sharp it the smaller parts of plants may be dissec-ted, samples of woods may be selected andsmoothed to show the grain, souvenirs may becut and carved. The woodsman, especially theNew England woodsman, is proverbially a whit-tler, and through practice he becomes exceedinglyexpert in the use of the implement. For thosewho do especially skilful whittling, the favoritestunts are to make concentric rings withincubes of wood, to originate furniture, fans,chains from broomsticks, and peach-stone bas-kets. Some of these broomstick chains become. NIPPERS AND open and shut. Each from one piece of wood. intricate by innumerable interlocking links. Afavorite exhibition of skill is to cut from a singlepiece of wood, a pair of nippers or pliers so thatthey may be actually opened and closed. Tocarve a swivel or a movable ball within four col-umn-like supports is another favorite test.
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