Jay Hanna ends his handy book on Marine carving with a story. It seems that he was interested in how a talented shipbuilder had accomplished a particularly masterful bit of carving. The old gentleman reflected for a while and then commented: well, it wasn't easy.That's the story behind this hoop tray portrait ordered by a …
Making Mast Hoops At The Pert Lowell Company
mast hoops are a bit of old technology still needed to make traditional vessels sail.