Some years ago the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) used to have it's own TV series on a channel called SPEED and one of their segments had one of the master prop makers, a chap well into his seventies, from either Ole Fahlin or Sensenich do a complete carving sequence for one of their wooden props; from selecting, cutting and laminating the wood, through initial shaping and carving with various templates, then fine carving, sanding, painting, balancing, and tacking on a protective brass leading edge strip then final balancing. Wooden props truly are works of art.