It was a pleasure to meet a young lady at our January third Saturday meeting of the S D Woodcarvers, Inc. who was about as new to wood carving as anyone can get. We gave her a sharp whittling knife and a piece of wood and expected her to go to work. But she really did not even know how to hold the knife and make the first cut. We more experienced carvers find it sometimes difficult to explain how to do what has become almost second nature, but here is a website that really gets down to the basics:
Whittling WoodCarving
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