Your Cub Scout knife is an important tool. You can do many things with its blades. The cutting blade is the one you will use most of the time. With it you can make shavings and chips and carve all kinds of things.
You must be very careful and alert when you whittle or carve. Take good care of your knife. Always remember that a knife is a tool, not a toy. Use it with care so that you don’t hurt yourself or ruin what you are carving.
Knives are usually used as tools, but they can be weapons, too. Many places, such as schools, prohibit knives. To be sure you never take a knife where they are banned, always keep your knife at home unless your parent or guardian and den leader tell you otherwise.
(Bear handbook page146)
Bear Trail – Self
Do all four requirements
19a – Know the safety rules for handling a knife.
19b – Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.
19c – Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.
19d – Earn the Whittling Chip card.
