Man Crafts: Leather Tooling, Fly Tying, Ax Whittling, and Other Cool Things to Do

by Popular Mechanics Magazine

Book Overview

As its servicemen returned home at the end of World War II, the U.S. Army turned to Popular Mechanics to help them find new and lucrative occupations. A series of ten pamphlets was created, teaching... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588167933
• ISBN13: 9781588167934
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Hearst Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Handy man book

Nice little book about making things.Kind of neat how they tell you to be able to have a hobbie or small business.

Nostalgic & Useful

Man Crafts from Popular Mechanics This little book is a delightful visit to the past, with skills still popular and interesting for today. When men returned from World War II, in which they had learned how to make things they needed, continued using the skills they had gained to create new businesses or as hobbies. This book, which shows the beginning of the Baby Boom era, is not only nostalgic but also teaches skills which men and boys (women too) will enjoy in spare time today. These skills can create or restore household items, utilitarian or for decoration, and interesting gifts. The activities can become fun hobbies, especially for parent and child to do together. In these tough times some of these skills could become a business for the industrious who enjoy working with their hands. The book covers these skills: saw carpentry, leathercraft, bookbinding, block printing, axe craft, tin can craft, braiding and knotting, fly-tying, cartooning, and hand lettering.