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Hardcover - 144 Pages - 5.5" x 7.5" x 0.80"
Author: Matt Collins
Whether you're a beginner or seasoned whittler, this practical guide to the age-old yet newly popular art of whittling will delight, inspire, and instruct you. Featuring projects that cater to a range of skill levels—including a pen/pencil holder, chess pieces, a slingshot, spoon, whistle, chopsticks, fishhook, bookmark, and more elaborate carvings like a horse's head and whale
50 Things to Do with a Penknife is the perfect combination of cool craftsmanship with savvy survival-skill projects. Detailed step-by-step illustrations make this book ideal for the creative adventurer with-a-knife in your life!
This item also exists as part of the Whittling Kit - pairing your choice of No.08 Raw/Ebauche folding knife with a classic No.08 Beech wood knife to do the carving and the instructional book "50 things to do with a pen knife". A great gift set for the wood-working enthousiast!
I feel the book is not very useful : you don’t need a book to explain how to make a slingshot and you don’t need to make a fishing hook made of wood as it would never be able to catch a fish. I love the idea of that book but i’m a bit disappointed by the content.
I bought my boys (7&9yrs old) an Opinel after we did pocket knife safety training during a camping trip. They are proud owners of their new blades and are very careful as they whittle sticks. I got this book to help the boys develop their pocket skills. So far we have made a carrot whistle, forks, and attempted some spoons. Creative, well illustrated projects are in the book and it fun to watch my boys flip thru the pages trying to decide what they want to make next.
