Tuesday, November 23, 2010

whittling

Whittling and Woodcarving by E.J. Tangerman, 1936 (Dover, 1962)

(From a small cache of woodcarving books I found at a thrift store recently. Unfortunately, they're some of the most putrid smelling books I've bought in a while. Any ideas how to freshen up basement-sour books?)
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  1. cNovember 23, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    I love the peach stone diagrams.

    For the smell, fill a large plastic container with charcoal briquettes or cat litter and put a smaller (open) box containing your books on top of whatever you're using. Seal for a couple of days. It helps if the books are standing upright with the pages fanned out, but yours may be too fragile?

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  2. ahoi!November 23, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    Thanks c! I'll try this.

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