Edward Gallenstein

Edward Gallenstein (October 9, 1922 – April 7, 2015) was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Chip Chats and President of the National Wood Carvers Association.

Edward Gallenstein was born in Maysville, Kentucky on October 9, 1922. He was the son of Edward Gallenstein and Luella Greenlee. Ed served in the United States Navy during World War II in the Aleutian Islands. He belongs to the Cincinnati carvers guild. On April 7, 2015 he died.

Before the war, Gallenstein had worked for several different newspapers in Northern Kentucky. Having been a woodcarver since 1935, he first heard about the National Wood Carvers Association in 1962, and was elected president in 1971. Until his death, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Chip Chats.

Ed Gallenstein explained basic wood carving to the Scouting Magazine in 2002. According to him, there are three distinct ways of wood carving: relief carving, three-dimensional carving, and chip carving.

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