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Re: Sharp Knives
Charles Dombek (cdombek@NINENET.COM)
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:40:52 -0600
Dale Karweik wrote:
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> I would also add the times I have had to intervene on improper use of a knife
> - throwing, cutting inappropiate materials have been th e result of a youth
> frustrated that his knife was too dull to do anything useful.
As a woodcarving merit badge counselor I'll add my two cents. Sharpening should
be a skill taught as a part of the Totin' Chip process. There are many boys
carrying a knife who haven't been taught how to sharpen a knife (I had one boy at
summer camp tell me that when a knife gets dull, you just get a new knife - I
said I'd gladly take his throw-away knives any day ;-) ). I have seen far to many
lacerations caused by an attempt to force a dull tool through the material being
carved. In addition, I know that when you hand a boy a sharp tool and tell him
it's sharp, he tends to treat the tool differently, not a bad thing.
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Assistant Cubmaster Pack 572 (also leading Den 9)
Assistant Scoutmaster-New Scouts Troop 809
New Horizons District Greater St. Louis Area Council
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