Knife Skills
The knife is your number one tool in your 10 essentials. You also need to know how to use it.
Knife Skills Practice Requires Adult Supervision
Totin' Chip
All Scouts much complete Totin' Chip Training to use a Knife
We use this guide developed by ScoutMaster Dave:
Knife
The knife is you number one tool in your 10 essentials. We talk about knife options in our Knife Gear Section. Proper knife selection is important, but more importantly, you also need to know how to use it.
Skills List
Blood Circle
Sharpening
Cutting rope
Shaving wood
Scraping with spine
Baton splitting wood
Beaver Chew
Ferrorod with spine
Make a Tent Stake
Resources
Tent Stakes
Making Tent Stakes is a classic Knife Skill. Tent Stakes are very useful and the skills developed in making a Tent Stake can be used to make all sorts of Bushcraft Projects.
Knife Sharpening
A knife really should be kept razor sharp. This makes is easier to use and less likely to get hung up and hurt you.
Bushcraft Knife Skills
Beyond basic Scout Skills, Bushcraft skills add a new dimension to what you can do with a knife.
If you are interested, we can show you a safe way to do this