Rookie in camp!

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Old Hunter
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Rookie in camp!

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When I was a Boy Scout (in the mid to late 1960's) my Dad was one of our Assistant Scoutmasters - he got into whittling neckerchief slides and other small items, he had me and my three younger brothers all involved too. He gave me a big bag full of old slides and blanks about 15 years ago - they have been in my attic. I found them a few months ago and decided to try my hand at it again - this is some rough work, but I did enjoy taking one of the Indian Chief letter opener blanks and whittling out the details. This took me several hours; I tried a couple of different size pocketknives and different blades - found that the Sheepfoot blade on this 3-3/8" Frontier stockman was my best bet. OH
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Very nice work. I wish I had some ability to carve, but unfortunately, I don't. ::facepalm::

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That's really ""KOOL"" !!!!!_____ I just don't have any patience doing stuff like that ::shrug::
I'm not young enough,____to know everything !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old Hunter, that is some excellent work ... I like it a lot, some good ol' fashioned whittlin'. Thanks for posting.
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Your Pa would be proud OH... ::tu:: ...very nice !!!
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Very well done OH.
-"...and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby If the iron be blunt,and he do not whet the edge,then must he put to more strength....Ecclesiastes 10 10 ;So the good book says
sharpen your knife !!!
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