Whittling Chip Requirements

 

Bear and Webelos scouts may earn the privilege of carrying a pocketknife to Cub Scout functions when required and asked to do so. The objective of this award is to make scouts aware that:

 

• A 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 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.

 

 

The requirements to earn the Whittling Chip card and patch are:

 

____   Complete Bear Achievement 19: Shavings and Chips

____   Complete the knife safety and training course with an adult

____   Take the shavings and chips quiz with an adult

____   Read and sign the Pocketknife Pledge Form
____   Demonstrate knowledge and practice the use of a pocketknife

 

The requirements to keep the Whittling Chip card are:

·     Be careful that you do not cut yourself or any person nearby.

·     Do not carve your initials into anything that does not belong to you.

·     Treat your pocketknife with the respect due a useful tool.

·     Always close your pocketknife and put it away when not in use.

·     Do not use your pocketknife when it might injure someone near me.

·     Promise never to throw your pocketknife for any reason.

·     Use your pocketknife in a safe manner at all times.

·     Never use a knife to strip the bark from a tree.

·     Never take your pocketknife where it is not allowed.

The scout must sign and carry the Whittling Chip card whenever he has his pocketknife. It is expected that an adult leader should ask a scout to see his card, and if it cannot be produced, to confiscate his knife until the event is over or return it to his parent.

 

Pocketknife Pledge:

In return for the privilege of carrying a pocketknife to designated Cub Scout functions, I agree to the following:

1.      I will treat my pocketknife with the respect due a useful tool.

2.      I will always close my pocketknife and put it away when not in use.

3.      I will not use my pocketknife when it might injure someone near me.

4.      I promise never to throw my pocketknife for any reason.

5. I will use my pocketknife in a safe manner at all times.

 

Knife Safety Reminders:

 

DO’s

1. Remember to keep the knife closed when not being used
2. Remember to keep the knife in your pocket
3. Always hold the knife in the same hand that you would hold a pencil in
4. Always keep the blade point and edge away from you -- and anyone else who may be near
5. Hold the knife tightly, but not so tight that you knuckles turn white
6. If you have to carry an open knife (or scissors), always walk carefully with the blade pointed away from you and to the side
7. Always cut or carve by moving the knife blade away from you

 

DON’T’S

1. When a knife blade is opened, never hold the knife by the blade, but always by the handle
2. Never run or jump with the knife blade open
3. Never use a knife to dig in the dirt
4. Never cut the bark from a live tree
5. Never carve on anything that does not belong to you
6. Never throw your knife
7. Never pry with your knife
8. Never use the blade as a screwdriver
9. Never leave your knife lying where a younger child could get it